List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
[1] The convention for naming naval ships is as follows;[2] There are approximately 500 vessels listed here that constitute the active fleet.A third colour, blue, specifically indicates a ship which is not yet in commission, but has been launched and is in the final stages of construction, or has been handed over for sea trials.The second Chinese character is for hull classification, such as Barge (Bo, 驳) for barge, Survey (Ce, 测) for survey vessel, Oil (You, 油) for oil tanker, Repair (Xiu, 修) for repair ship, Rescue (Jiu, 救) for rescue ship, Transport (Yun, 运) for transport & cargo ship, Tuo (tug, 拖) for tugboat, Water (Shui, 水) for water tanker, etc.Furthermore, when PLAN auxiliaries are tasked to perform certain civilian missions such as in support of civilian research or construction projects, they are sometimes temporarily assigned different pennant numbers for the duration of those missions, thus making the accurate assessment of PLAN auxiliary fleet rather difficult.In addition, some PLAN auxiliaries especially research vessels are jointly funded by other civilian agencies of Chinese government, and frequently conduct missions for these civilian agencies/departments, just like the way Protezione Civile funded Italian San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock of the Italian navy, and thus also performs disaster relief missions in addition to military operations.
Type 071Type 054APeople's Liberation Army Navyaircraft carrierssubmarinesamphibious transport dockslanding ships, tanklanding ships, mediumdestroyersfrigatescorvettesmissile boatssubmarine chasersgunboatsmine countermeasures vesselsreplenishment oilersSovremenny-class destroyersKilo-class submarinesLiaoningRussiaUkraineNaval Vessels Naming RegulationCentral Military Commission (CMC)convention for naming naval shipslanding helicopter docksNuclear submarinesChangzheng (Long March)Conventional submarinesChangcheng (Great Wall)Landing ship tanksBallistic missile submarinesNuclear attack submarinesattack submarinescommissionPennant numbertonnesNorth Sea FleetSouth Sea FleetEast Sea FleetPeople's Liberation Army Navy Submarine ForceNATO designationPennant No.CommissionedType 094 / 094A submarineType 032 submarineType 093 submarineType 093A submarineType 091 submarineConventional attack submarinesType 039A submarineType 039B submarineType 039C submarineType 039 submarineType 039G submarineType 039G1 submarineType 035A submarineType 035B submarineProject 636MPeople's Liberation Army Navy Surface ForceType 001 aircraft carrierKuznetsov classType 002 aircraft carrierShandongType 003 aircraft carrierFujianType 055 destroyerNanchangDalianType 052D destroyerKunmingChangshaYinchuanXiningXiamenUrumqiGuiyangNanjingTaiyuanHohhotChengduQiqiharTangshanSuzhouHuainanNanningType 052C destroyerLanzhouHaikouChangchunZhengzhouType 051C destroyerShenyangShijiazhuangType 052B destroyerGuangzhouType 051B destroyerShenzhenType 052 destroyerHarbinQingdaoType 956E classHangzhouFuzhouType 956EM classTaizhouNingboType 054B frigateType 054A frigateXuzhouZhoushanHuangshanHengyangYunchengYiyangChangzhouYantaiYanchengHengshuiLiuzhouYueyangWeifangHuanggangDaqingYangzhouHandanJingzhou