List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy

The ship types in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy include aircraft carriers, submarines,, amphibious transport docks, landing ships, tank, landing ships, medium, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, missile boats, submarine chasers, gunboats, mine countermeasures vessels, replenishment oilers and the various auxiliaries.
All ships and submarines currently in commission with the Navy were built in China, with the exception of s, s and aircraft carrier, as these vessels originated from the former Soviet Union

Ship naming conventions

Ships of PLAN are named per Naval Vessels Naming Regulation that was first issued by the Central Military Commission (CMC) on November 3, 1978, and subsequently revised July 7, 1986.
The convention for naming naval ships is as follows;

Aircraft carriers and landing helicopter docks are named after provinces.
Nuclear submarines are all named Changzheng (Long March) along with a number.
Conventional submarines are all named Changcheng (Great Wall) along with a number.
Destroyers and frigates are named after cities.
Smaller anti-submarine ships, mine warfare ships and missile boats are named for counties.
Large tank landing ships and dock landing ships carry the names of mountains.
Infantry landing ships are named for rivers.
Replenishment ships are named for lakes.
Active ships

There are approximately 500 vessels listed here that constitute the active fleet. Not included here are the various auxiliary ships that together number approximately 230.

* Figure includes both coastal and ocean-going auxiliaries, from tugboats to hospital ships. Not counted towards total number of active ships.
The tables below list the various ships according to their class and date of commission. The newest class of ship is listed first, with proceeding classes listed afterwards, arranged in order of age. Column headings include: "Type", the types "NATO designation", the ships "Pennant number", the ships name in English and Chinese, ships "Displacement" in tonnes, and the "Fleet" in which it serves.
The "Status" column is colour coded, green indicates relatively new and modern classes in service, while red indicates obsolescence and being in the process of decommissioning as newer types are brought into service. 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. Any ships with a status colour of blue is not yet counted towards the total number of active ships.

Submarines

Nuclear [ballistic missile submarine]s

Conventional ballistic missile submarines

[Nuclear attack submarine]s

[Conventional attack submarine]s

Surface ships

Principal surface combatants

[Aircraft carrier]s

[Amphibious assault ship]s (also known as [landing helicopter dock]s)

[Destroyer]s

[Frigate]s

[Corvettes]

Coastal warfare vessels

Missile boats, submarine chasers and gunboats

Amphibious warfare ships

Major amphibious warfare vessels (excluding amphibious assault ships)

Minor amphibious warfare crafts

Type	NATO designation	Pennant No.	Name	Name	Commissioned	Displacement	Fleet	Status
Type 067 utility landing craft	Yunnan class	Various	Not named	Not named	1970s	128 t	All fleets	Active
Type 068 landing craft mechanized	Yuch’in class	Various	Unknown	Unknown	1970 onward	58 t	All fleets	Active
Type 069 landing craft mechanized	Yuch’in class	Various	Unknown	Unknown	1997 onward	≈ 60 t	All fleets	Active
Type 271IID landing craft utility	Yupen class	Various	Unknown	Unknown	1980 onward	507 t	All fleets	Active
Type 271III landing craft utility	Yupen class	Various	Unknown	Unknown	1980s	> 600 t	All fleets	Active
Type 724 LCAC	Payi class	Various	Not named	Not named	1994 onward	6.5 t	All fleets	Active
Type 726 LCAC	Yuyi class	3320	Not named	Not named	2011	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726 LCAC	Yuyi class	3321	Not named	Not named	2013	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726 LCAC	Yuyi class	3322	Not named	Not named	2013	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3236	Not named	Not named	January 10, 2018	160 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3237	Not named	Not named	January 10, 2018	160 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3238	Not named	Not named	January 10, 2018	160 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3239	Not named	Not named	January 10, 2018	160 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3330	Not named	Not named	2016	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3331	Not named	Not named	2016	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3332	Not named	Not named	2016	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3333	Not named	Not named	2019	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3334	Not named	Not named	2019	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3335	Not named	Not named	2019	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3336	Not named	Not named	2019	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 726A	Yuyi class	3337	Not named	Not named	2019	160 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Project 1232.2 (LCAC)	Pomornik class	3325	Not named	Not named	2012	555 t	All fleets	Active
Project 1232.2 (LCAC)	Pomornik class	3326	Not named	Not named	2014	555 t	All fleets	Active
Type 958 LCAC	Pomornik class	3327	Not named	Not named	2014	555 t	All fleets	Active
Type 958 LCAC	Pomornik class	3328	Not named	Not named	2017	555 t	All fleets	Active
Type 958 LCAC	Pomornik class	3329	Not named	Not named	2018	555 t	All fleets	Active
Type 958 LCAC	Pomornik class	?	Not named	Not named	2019	555 t	All fleets	Active

[Mine warfare vessel]s

In addition to units in active service, PLAN also keeps a large number of minesweepers in operational reserve, and regularly conducts minecountermeasure exercises.

Type	NATO designation	Pennant No.	Name	Name	Commissioned	Displacement	Fleet	Status
Type 010 minesweeper	T43 class	Various	Various	Various	December 1987	590 t	All fleets	Active
Type 081 mine hunter/ sweeper	Wochi class	705	Zhangjiagang	张家港	March 6, 2007	1,200 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081 mine hunter/ sweeper	Wochi class	839	Liuyang	浏阳	July 29, 2007	1,200 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081 mine hunter/ sweeper	Wochi class	840	Luxi	泸溪	July 29, 2007	1,200 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081 mine hunter/ sweeper	Wochi class	706	Jingjiang	靖江	November 9, 2007	1,200 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	841	Xiaoyi	孝义	February 24, 2012	1,200 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	742	Taishan	台山	August 6, 2012	1,200 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	743	Changshu	常熟	May 13, 2013	1,200 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	744	Heshan	鹤山	October 10, 2013	1,200 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	845	Qingzhou	青州	January 26, 2014	1,200 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	846	Yucheng	禹城	October 10, 2014	1,200 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	732	Renhuai	仁怀	2018	1,200 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	848	Xuanwei	宣威	January 2019	1,200 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	849	Wudi	无棣	2019	1,200 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 081A mine/ sweeper	Wochi class	831	?	?	2019	1,200 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel	Wozang class	804	Huoqiu	霍邱	2005	575 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel	Wozang class	818	Kunshan	昆山	2011	575 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel	Wozang class	809	Kaiping	开平	2015	575 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel	Wozang class	811	Rongcheng	荣城	2016	575 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel	Wozang class	814	Donggang	东港	2016	575 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082II mine countermeasure vessel	Wozang class	808	Rudong	如东	2017	575 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	806	Zhijiang	枝江	2004	400 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	807	Zhuji	诸暨	2004	400 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	816	Haimen	海门	2004	400 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	817	Wenling	温岭	2004	400 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	820	Pingdu	平度	2004	400 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	821	Changyi	昌邑	2004	400 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	822	Yangshuo	阳朔	2004	400 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	823	Yongsheng	永胜	2004	400 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	824	Daxin	大新	2004	400 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	825	Huarong	华容	2004	400 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	826	Rongjiang	榕江	2004	400 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082I mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao II class	827	Qionghai	琼海	2004	400 t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082 mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao I class	800	chun'an	淳安	1988	313.5 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082 mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao I class	801	Xiangshan	象山	1988	313.5 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082 mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao I class	802	Chongming	崇明	1988	313.5 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 082 mine sweeper / coastal minelayer	Wosao I class	803	Fenghua	奉化	1988	313.5 t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Type 312 minesweeper / mine sweeping drone	Futi class	Various	Not named	Not named	1972 onward	47 t	All fleets	In operational reserve
Type 529 minesweeper / mine sweeping drone	Wonang class	Various	21 in service	Not named	2004/2005-	100 t	All fleets	Active
Type 8101 auxiliary minesweeper	?	Various	Not named	Not named	1975-	200 t	All fleets	In operational reserve
Type 8105 auxiliary minesweeper	FT-14 AIT class	Various	Not named	Not named	1980s	366.82 t	All fleets	In operational reserve
Type 8154 auxiliary minelayer	FT-14 AIT class	Various	Not named	Not named	1981-	600 t	All fleets	In operational reserve
Type 8154 auxiliary minesweeper	FT-14 AIT class	Various	Not named	Not named	1980s	600 t	All fleets	In operational reserve
Type 792 auxiliary minesweeper	FT-14 AIT class	Various	Not named	Not named	1990s	600 t	All fleets	In operational reserve

Auxiliaries

Unlike warships of PLAN that are named per Naval Vessels Naming Regulation which many PLAN auxiliaries do not follow, but instead, they are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a two or three-digit number. The first Chinese character denotes which Chinese fleet the ship is service with, with East for East Sea Fleet, North for North Sea Fleet, and South for South Sea Fleet. The second Chinese character is for hull classification, such as Barge for barge, Survey for survey vessel, Oil for oil tanker, Repair for repair ship, Rescue for rescue ship, Transport for transport & cargo ship, Tuo for tugboat, Water for water tanker, etc. When auxiliaries are reassigned to a different fleet, their pennant number would change accordingly. Some PLAN naval auxiliaries perform multiple functions and thus are referenced multiple times differently under various hull classifications. 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. When these jointly owned and/or funded PLAN naval auxiliaries are subject to civilian agencies/departments & perform missions for them, they are often assigned a different pennant number & name, just as in some cases of PLAN naval auxiliaries are sometimes assigned different pennant numbers when performing certain civilian missions, thus making the accurate count of the PLAN auxiliary fleet even more complicated and difficult. Therefore, list provided here is seldom up-to-date. For a complete list of auxiliary vessels currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy please see the List of PLAN Auxiliaries.

[Ammunition ship]s

[Buoy tender]s

[Cable layer]s

[Cargo ship]s

[Crane ship]s

[Degaussing]/deperming ships

[Diving support vessel]s

[Dredger]s

Engineering Ships

[Environmental research ship]s

Fleet replenishment

Floating [pile driver]s

General purpose [research ship]s

Type	NATO designation	Pennant No.	Name	Name	Commissioned	Displacement	Fleet	Status
Beidiao 990 ferry / research ship	Kanwu class	Bei-Diao 990	Bei-Diao 990	北调 990	December 2009	380 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Beidiao 991 multipurpose research ship	Kandao class	Bei-Diao 991	North Investigation 991	北调 991	April 2008	1441 t	North Sea Fleets	Active
Beidiao 993 sonar trials ship / research ship	Kantan class	Bei-Diao 993	North Investigation 991	北调 991	April 2008	1441 t	North Sea Fleets	Active
Dubei-class target ship / research ship	Dubei class	Shi-Yan 216	Experiment 216	试验 216	2015	? t	?	Active
Dubei-class target ship / research ship	Dubei class	Dong-Ba 01	East Target 01	东靶 01	2015 onward	? t	East Sea Fleet	Active
Dubei-class target ship / research ship	Dubei class	Nan-Ba 11	South Target 11	南靶 11	2015 onward	? t	South Sea Fleet	Active
Dubei-class target ship / research ship	Dubei class	Various	Various	Various	2015 onward	? t	?	Under construction
Type 904I dive tender / research ship	Yanqian class	Kan-Cha No. 1	Survey No. 1	勘查一号	August 1981	1354 t	All fleets	Active
Type 904II dive tender / research ship	Yanqian class	Kan-Cha No. 2	Survey No. 2	勘查二号	May 1983	1327 t	All fleets	Active
Type 906 torpedo trials craft / research ship	Xiang Yang Hong 9 class	Kan-Cha 3	Survey No. 3	勘查三号	January 1987	2300 t	All fleets	Active

[Hospital Ship]s

Hydrographic [survey ship]s

[Icebreaker]s

[Museum ship]s

Museum ships only include those owned by PLAN/People's Liberation Army /Chinese Ministry of Defense (CMoD) and thus still on Chinese naval registry, but do not include ships stricken from Chinese naval registry, such as those sold/transferred to local governments and private hands.

Type	NATO designation	Pennant No.	Name	Name	Commissioned	Displacement	Status
Type 031 ballistic submarine	Golf class	200	Long March # 200	长征 200号	September 2020	3,553 t	On Chinese naval registry
Type 033 submarine	Romeo class	237	Great Wall 237	长城 237	1998	1,830 t	On Chinese naval registry
Type 051 destroyer	Luda II class	105	Jinan	济南	2007	3,670 t	On Chinese naval registry
Type 053K frigate	Jiangdong class	Chinese frigate [Yingtan (531)\|531]	Yingtan	鹰潭	1994	1,730 t	On Chinese naval registry
Type 091 submarine	Han class	401	Long March # 1	长征1号	2016	5,000 t	On Chinese naval registry
Type 6607 destroyer	Anshan class	101	Anshan	鞍山	1992	2,150 t	On Chinese naval registry
Type 021 missile boat	Huangfeng	3101	Not named	Not named	1960s	205 t	On Chinese naval registry
Type 024 missile boat	Not assigned	3139	Not named	Not named	1993	78 t	On Chinese naval registry
Chinese [gunboat Minquan\|Minquan-class gunboat (replica)]	Minquan class	53-219	Yangtze	长江	2021	464 t	On Chinese naval registry
Project 183 torpedo boat	P-6 class	245	Not assigned	Not assigned	1991	67 t	On Chinese naval registry
Japanese 25-ton riverine gunboat	N/A	414	Heroic Gunboat in the Toumenshan Naval Battle	头门山海战英雄艇	1960s	25 t	On Chinese naval registry
Gunboat converted from Landing craft, control	N/A, ex-USN craft	Not assigned	Liberation	解放	1989	28 t	On Chinese naval registry

[Oceanographic research ship]s

Oceanographic surveillance ship">Ocean surveillance ship">Oceanographic surveillance ships

Personnel transports

Range support & [target ship]s

[Repair ship]s

[Rescue and salvage ship]s

[Spy ship]s

Submarine support ships

[Submersible]s

Most submersibles, especially bathyscaphes are civilian agencies owned but also carry out PLAN missions, while some are jointly owned/funded and operated by Chinese military and civilian agencies.

Type	NATO designation	Classification	Pennant No.	Name	Name	Commissioned	Displacement	Status
Deep Sea Warrior	?	Bathyscaphe	Shen-Hai-Yong-Shi	Deep Sea Warrior	深海勇士	2016	20 t	Active
LR7	?	Rescue submersible	Shen-Hai 120	Deep Sea 120	深海 120	2009	20 t	Active
Mobile diving bell	?	Submersible	Various	Not named	Not named	?	10.5 t	Active
Osprey class	?	Submersible	Yu-Ying 1	Ospray 1	鱼鹰 1	1989	14.18 t	Active
Osprey class	?	Submersible	Yu-Ying 1	Ospray 2	鱼鹰 2	1989	14.18 t	Active
QSZ-II	?	Submersible	Various	Not named	Not named	?	? t	Active
Rainbowfish	?	Bathyscaphe	Cai-Hong-Yu	Rainbowfish	彩虹鱼	Late 2010s	? t	Active
Sea Pole class	?	Bathyscaphe	Hai-Ji 1	Sea Pole 1	海极 1	2009 onward	24 t	Active
Sea Pole class	?	Bathyscaphe	He-Xie	Harmony	和谐	2009 onward	22.9 t	Active
Sea Pole class	?	Bathyscaphe	Jiao-Long	Flood Dragon	蛟龙	2010	22 t	Active
Struggler	?	Bathyscaphe	Fen-Dou-Zhe	Struggler	奋斗者	2020	36 t	Active
Type 7103	?	Rescue submersible	Various	Not named	Not named	1987	35 t	Active

Tankers">Tanker (ship)">Tankers

[Technical research ship]s

[Torpedo trials craft]s

[Tracking ship]s

[Training ship]s

In addition to regular training ships, some retired warships are also converted as stationary training facilities at various military academies for active use, and thus remain on Chinese naval registry.

Type	NATO designation	Pennant No.	Name	Name	Commissioned	Displacement	Fleet	Status
Daguan-class barracks ship / troopship / training ship	Daguan class	88	Xu Xiake	徐霞客	2011	30000 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Daguan-class barracks ship / troopship / training ship	Daguan class	89	Li Daoyuan	郦道元	2018	30000 t	North Sea Fleet	Active
Type 679 training ship	Daxin class	81	Zheng He	郑和	1986	5,548 t	Dalian Naval Academy	Active
Type 0891A training ship	Dashi class	82	Shichang	世昌	1997	9,700 t	Dalian Naval Academy	Active
Type 680 training ship	Dadu class	83	Qi Jiguang	戚继光	2017	9,000 t	Dalian Naval Academy	Active
Type 2630 training ship	?	86	Brave the wave	破浪	2017	1,200 t	Dalian Naval Academy	Active
Type 051 destroyer	Luda class	Ex-106	Ex-Xi'an	西安	October 2007	3,250 t	PLA Naval University of Engineering	Active
Type 051Z destroyer	Luda class	Ex-132	Ex-Hefei	合肥	October 2012	3,250 t	PLA Naval Aviation University	Active
Type 6607 destroyer	Anshan class	104	Taiyuan	太原	1991	2,150 t	Dalian Naval Academy	Active
Type 033 submarine	Romeo class	Ex-303	Ex-Great Wall 107	长城107号	October 2009	1,830 t	PLA Naval University of Engineering	Active
Type 053H1Q frigate	Jianghu-IV class	Ex-544	Ex-Siping renamed as Lüshun	旅顺	2005	1,860 t	Dalian Naval Academy	Active
Yanxi-class drone mothership/training ship	Yanxi class	Xun 701	Training 701	训 701	1970	1,200 t	Dalian Naval Academy	Active

Tugs">Tugboat">Tugs

[UAV] [mothership]s

[Unmanned surface vehicle]s (USV)

Just like most Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)s are micro-UAVs, majority of Chinese USVs are micro USVs. For better efficiency, most USVs used by PLAN are owned by Chinese civilian governmental agencies or private firms contracted by PLAN to perform various logistic tasks such as maintenance, surveying and research missions.

Type	Pennant No.	Name	Name	Commissioned	Displacement	Status
Type 80 demolition boat	Various	Not named	Not named	1980-1984	8.5 t	Being retired

Unmanned underwater vehicle

Type	Pennant No.	Name	Name	Commissioned	Displacement	Status
HSU-001	Various	Not named	Not named	2019	3 t	Active
Intelligent Water class AUVs	Zhi-Shui I	Intelligent Water I	智水 I	1990s	? t	Active
Intelligent Water class AUVs	Zhi-Shui II	Intelligent Water II	智水 II	1990s	? t	Active
Intelligent Water class AUVs	Zhi-Shui III	Intelligent Water III	智水 III	2000	? t	Active
Intelligent Water class AUVs	Zhi-Shui IV	Intelligent Water IV	智水 IV	2005	? t	ActiveAUV\|style="color:green">
Intelligent Water class AUVs	Zhi-Shui V	Intelligent Water V	智水 V	October 2011	? t	Active
XTDT UUVs	Zhong-Guo-Wu-Ying TH-B010E	China Shadowless TH-B010E	中国无影 TH-B010E	?	? t	Active
7B8	Several	Various	Various	After 2000	1.69 t	Active
8A4	Several	Various	Various	After 2000	? t	Active
Dragon Pearl	Long-Zhu	Dragon Pearl	龙珠	2014	0.04 t	Active
RECON-IV	Several	Various	Various	?	? t	Active
Sea Pole	Hai-Ji	Sea Pole	海极	2003	? t	Active
Sea Star 6000	Hai-Xing 6000	Sea Star 6000	海星 6000	Late 2010s	3.5 t	Active

Weapon trials ships

Decommissioned ships

Decommissioned ships of PLAN only include those with every ship of the class has been struck from the Chinese naval registry, but do not include those classes with ships retired from frontline service and converted to auxiliaries, and thus still commissioned and thus remain on the Chinese naval registry.

[Submarine]s

Soviet M-class submarines: 4 units include Pennant # 201 thru 204, respectively named as National Defense # 21 thru 24, which in turn, were ex-Soviet submarines M-276 thru 279 respectively.
Soviet S-class submarines: 4 units retired in 1963, including Pennant # 401 thru 404, respectively named as New China # 11 thru 14, which in turn, were ex-Soviet submarines S-52, 52, 24, 25 respectively.
Type 033G Wuhan class medium submarine and Type 033G1 Wuhan-A class cruise missile attack submarine
Type 6633/033/ES5A/ES5B Romeo-class submarines
Type 030 submarine: never completed when cancelled in 1973 after construction begun in 1968.
Type 032 midget submarine: Converted to Type 032-1 prior to completion
Type 032-1 midget submarine: The only unit built was retired in the 1970s.
Type 092 submarine: The sole unit of Type 092 nuclear powered ballistic submarine has been superseded by the much more advanced Type 094 submarine.
Type 6631 ballistic submarine: converted to Type 031 ballistic submarine in 1978.
Whiskey-class submarines: 5 units transferred from former-USSR and 21 domestically built units as Type 6603/03, all 26 have been retired.
Principal surface combatants
Changbai & Nanning, that were ex-ROCS Gu'an & Coastal Defense No 7, which in turn, were ex-Imperial Japanese Navy Ship (IJNS) Oki & Manju, 2 Etorofu-class escort ships. Used by PLAN as Coastal defence ships & retired in 1982 & 1979 respectively.
Changsha, No 48, No 49, Jinan, Wuchang & Xi'an, that were ex-ROCS Jie 12, ex-Soviet CKP-48 corvette, ex-Soviet CKP-49 corvette, ex-ROCS Weihai, ex-ROCS Jinan, ex-ROCS Jie 14, which in turn, were respectively IJNS No 118, No 142, No 76, No 194, No 14 & No 198 of Type D escort ship. Used by PLAN as CDS & retired in 1975, 1983, 1983, 1975, 1956 & 1975 respectively.
Chongqing, a light cruiser of ROCN of same name, which was ex-. Defected to PLA on February 25, 1949, and sunk by RoCAF in the following month.
Handan, Huaiyang (ship), Yancheng & Zunyi, all of them were Ruijin-class armed merchantman respectively converted from ex-Hoary stock, ex-Golden fragrant flower, ex-Clove Flower & ex-Dezhou, all of which were cargo ships of US coastal freighter Design 330D.
Ji'an & Shenyang, which were ex-ROCS Ji'an & Huang'an, which in turn, were IJNS No 85 & 81 of Type C escort ships, Both were used by PLAN as CDS, with the former defected to PLA on April 23, 1949, and subsequently sunk by RoCAF on April 28, 1949, and the latter converted to acoustic research ship in 1966 after retired from the frontline service, and finally retired in 1980.
Kaifeng, re-armed cargo ship Xiang De converted from ex-, a. Retired in 1989.
Linyi, re-armed cargo ship He Le converted from ex-. Retired in 1972.
Luoyang, re-armed cargo ship Xiang Xing converted from ex-. Retired in 1982.
Ruijin & Xingguo, 2 Ruijin-class armed merchantmen converted from ex-Jiang Tong & ex-Jiang Da, 2 cargo ships of US coastal freighter Design 381. The first unit was the first ship in PLAN named “Ruijin”, & sunk by RoCAF P-47s in 1954.
Ruijin, a CDS that was ex-ROCS Hui'an, which in turn, was ex-IJNS Shisaka, an. Second PLAN ship named as Ruijin, used by PLAN as CDS & retired in 1990.
Type 6601/01/65/053H/053H2/053H2G frigates
Type 051D/051DT/051Z/051G/051G1/051G2 destroyers
The original Type 056 corvettes were handed to the Chinese Coast Guard, with their missiles removed.
Coastal & riverine warfare vessels
The majority of Type 037IG missile boats were decommissioned; two Type 037IGs, the Yuqing and the Shanghang were preserved as museum ships.
Beihai class gunboats: approximately two dozen built, all retired.
Huangpu class gunboats: including two 42-ton class, eight 43-ton class, & 26 Type 52 gunboats.
Fu River, a gunboat that was ex-ROCS Jiang Xi, which in turn, was ex-Japanese gunboat Sumida (1939).
Guangzhou, re-armed cargo ship Yuan Pei converted from ex-. Retired in 1974.
Gunboat No 3-522, which were ex-ROCS Wufeng, which in turn, were ex-IJNS Maiko, which in turn, was NRP Macau, finally retired in 1968.
Min River, a gunboat that was ex-ROCS Changde, which in turn, was ex-Japanese gunboat Seta.
Nanchang, a gunboat that was ex-ROCS Changzhi, which in turn, was ex-Japanese gunboat Uji (1940). Retired in 1979.
Nen River, a gunboat that was ex-ROCS Yingde, which in turn, was ex-HMS Falcon (1931).
Nu River, a gunboat that was ex-ROCS Yingshan, which in turn, was ex-HMS Gannet (1927).
October & Vanguard, which were respectively ex-ROCS gunboat Guangguo & Gaoming, which in turn, were IJNS No.1-class auxiliary submarine chasers No 220 & 223 respectively.
Pearl River, a gunboat that was ex-ROCN Yong'an, which in turn, was ex-Japanese gunboat Futami.
Sea Whale, ex-ROCS No 101, an E-boat defected to PLA on April 23, 1949, converted to a training boat in 1951, retired in the 1960s.
Wu River, gunboat that was ex-ROCS Yong Ping, which in turn, was ex-Japanese gunboat Atami.
Xiang Jiang (湘江), a gunboat that was ex-ROCS Yong Ji, which in turn, was ex-Japanese gunboat Toba.
Yan'an, ex-ROCS Yong Ji (永绩), a Yongfeng-class gunboat. Sunk on June 19, 1965, as a target during AShM test.
Yangtze, ex-ROCN Minquan, retired to a museum ship on August 1, 1978, scrapped in July 1981. Because in February 1952, Mao Zedong was on board for four days and three nights inspecting PLAN, a replica has built & displayed at Chinese naval museum in Qingdao.
Yichuan, ex-ROCS Chu Tong, a Chutai-class gunboat. Sunk in 1959 as a target in an AShM test.
Yong Sui, ex-ROCS gunboat defected to PLA on April 23, 1949, and sunk five months later on September 23, 1949, by bombs dropped by RoCAF B-25s.
Project 122bis submarine chasers with pennant # 611 to 616, respectively named as Dezhou, Jiaozhou, Changzhou, Tongzhou, Wenzhou & Taizhou, which were ex-Soviet BO-379/380/393/395/396/397 respectively.
Project 123K (P-4 class) torpedo boats: several dozen transferred from former-USSR.
Project 183T (P-8 class) torpedo boats: 1 unit transferred from former-USSR.
Project 201M SO-1 class submarine chaser: No 471 transferred from former-USSR to PLAN.
Project 205 (Osa I class) missile boats: 7 units transferred from former-USSR.
Type 027/027II/027IIB torpedo boats: include 1 hydrofoil equipped Type 027, 1 Type 027II with different steel used in construction, & 1 Type 027IIB entered service in January 1984.
Type 0101 gunboat
Type 0105 gunboats: 4 units total, all retired
Type 0108 gunboat: a single unit built & retired
Type 0109 gunboats: 10 units total, all retired
Type 0110 gunboats: 3 units built, all retired
Type 0112 gunboat: the single hydrofoil equipped gunboat has retired
Type 6602/02/7102II torpedo boats: including 24 Type 6602 & 63 Type 02 that included steel hulled Type 6702 & 7102II.
Type 6604 & 04 submarine chasers: domestically built ex-Soviet Project 123bis, slightly modified Chinese version totaling 18, with pennant # 601 to 606, 631 to 636, & 651 to 656.
Type 6621 missile boat: 122 units total, Chinese versions of Project 205 missile boat, all retired by June 2007.
Type 6623 & 023 missile boats: Chinese version of Project 183R missile boats: 8 Type 6623 built with former-USSR supplied parts, 2 more indigenously built by China itself.
Type 6624 missile boats: steel hulled Type 6623. A unit of Type 024, which is a development of Type 6624 with mast can be fold down for anchoring in bunkers, is kept as a museum ship.
Type 6625/025/026/026II/R704 torpedo boats: all models retired by 2014.
Yulin-class gunboats
Chinese missile boat Nanhai - Type 037II missile boat retired in 2021; Now museum ship in Jieshou
Amphibious warfare ships
List of [United States Navy Landing Craft Infantry (LCI)|LCI(L)]: captured from RoCN, & has since retired
LCT Mk 5 & Mk 6: captured from RoCN & both have since tired
LCU 1600 series: captured from RoCN & has since retired
LST-542 class: captured from RoCN & has since retired
Songling LCAC has retired
Type 066/066K/066A Yuzhai class LCM: all have retired
Type 072 landing ship: has retired
Type 073 & Type 073II Yudao class landing ships: both have retired
Type 079I & Type 079II Yulian class landing ships: both have retired
Type 55 LCM has retired
Type 271I & Type 271II LCUs: both have retired
Type 363 & 363A LCM both have retired
Type 711 LCAC has retired
Type 716-I Dagu A class LCAC has retired
Type 716-II Dagu B class LCAC has retired
Type 722-I Jinsha I class LCAC has retired
[Mine warfare vessel]s
minelayer No 800, ex-Soviet Minelayer No 50, which in turn, was ex-IJNS Katashima, a Sokuten-class auxiliary [minelayer (1913)], retired in the early 1980s.
Project 254 (T43 class) sea-going minesweeper: all units have retired
Type 05 sea-going minesweeper: all units have retired
Type 057K Lianyun class gulf minesweeper: all units have retired
Type 058 riverine minesweeper: all 4 units have retired
Type 062 Fushun class minesweeper: all 20 units have retired
Type 918 Wolei class minelayer retired in 2012 & was transferred to China Coast Guard, becoming CSG cutter # 1212.
Type 6605 sea-going minesweeper: all 4 units have retired
Type 6610 sea-going minesweeper: all 4 units have retired
Type 7102 minesweeper: The single unit built has since retired
Naval auxiliaries
Dandao class cargo ship cargo ship: all units have retired
Danlin-class cargo ship: all units have retired
Galați-class cargo ship: all units have retired
Leizhou-class tanker: all units have retired
Autumn Wind (Qiu-Feng, or 秋风 in Chinese) degaussing/deperming ship converted from minesweeper has retired
Bei-Tuo 710: the 3rd & last unit of Type 830 tug has been transferred to China Marine Surveillance, becoming CMS cutter # 110.
Degaussing/Deperming 1 (Xiao-Ci 1, or消磁 1 in Chinese) degaussing/deperming ship has retired
Degaussing/Deperming 951 (Xiao-Ci 951, or 消磁 951) degaussing/deperming ship has retired
East Buoy 263: This Type 744 buoy tender entered service in 1980 & has been transferred to civilian agency on August 1, 2015.
Mount Tai: The first Chinese submarine tender Mt Tai has retired in 1988.
Nan-Lan 233 of Type 991 cable layer, retired & replaced by a Dong-Lan 885-class cable layer with the same pennant number/name.
No. 323 degaussing/deperming ship has retired
No. 629 degaussing/deperming ship has retired
No. 731 degaussing/deperming ship has retired
No. 744 degaussing/deperming ship has retired
Panlong (蟠龙) degaussing/deperming ship converted from minesweeper, which in turn, was converted from large infantry landing craft has retired
Sea Fishing 16 (Hai-Yu 16, 海渔 16 in Chinese) degaussing/deperming ship has retired
Sea Magnetism 802 (Hai-Ci 海磁 802 in Chinese) degaussing/deperming ship has retired
Zhangdian (张店) degaussing/deperming ship converted from minesweeper, which in turn, was converted from large infantry landing craft has retired
Qiongsha class troop ship Nan Yun 830 & 831 have been retired & replaced by new ships of Darong class with the same pennant number.
Chinese research ship Xiangyanghong 16: Collided with a Cypriot chemical tanker on May 2, 1993, and sunk, killing 3 crew members.
Shuguang class ocean surveillance ships : 2 Shuguang class with pennant # Beidiao 994 and Beidiao 998 have retired.
Type 64 demolition boat: all units have retired
Type 071/071A/071G Yanha class icebreakers: The sole unit Type 071 with Pennant # 722 retired on Jun 7, 2013. Type 071A was upgraded to Type 071G during midlife upgrade, and transferred to Chinese Coast Guard in 2013 to become an icebreaking tug.
Type 113 naval trawler
Type 210 icebreaker : The sole unit with Pennant # 723 has been transferred to Chinese Coast Guard on November 20, 2012.
Type 308 demolition boat: all units have retired
Type 308II demolition boat: all units have retired
Type 595 ocean surveillance ship: 2 Type 595 AGOS Dongdiao 223 Xiang-yang-hong No 4 and Nan-diao 485 Xiang-Yang-Hong No 6 have retired.
Type 601 degaussing/deperming ship: The single unit built has retired
Type 614I & 614II weather ships, 614III oceanographic research ships: All units are either retired or transferred to Chinese Coast Guard.
Type 625 research vessel: All units are either retired or transferred to civilian agencies.
Type 626 Fuzhou-class tanker: all Fuzhou class tankers have been retired by the early 2020s.
Type 632 Fulin-class tanker: all Fulin class tankers have been retired by the early 2020s.
Type 636 hydrographic survey ship: The sole unit of Type 636 was transferred to Chinese Coast Guard on December 11, 2012.
Type 701 roll-on/roll-off ship: After initially assigned to PLAN for extremely short period of time, the 1st unit was reassigned to PLAGF soon afterward, & all subsequent Type 701s have gone to PLAGF directly.
Type 744 buoy tender has been retired on Aug 1, 2015 & transferred to civilian service.
Type 801 naval trawler: All units have retired
Type 810 target boat: all units have retired
Type 813 spy ship: Transferred to Chinese Coast Guard and converted to PRCCGS # 3469 cutter.
Type 890 cable layers: all 4 units have been transferred to PLAGF.
Type 905 replenishment tanker: 4 units total, with # 881 Hongze Lake, # 882 Poyang Lake retired in 2018 and 2020 respectively, # 950 retired and sold to civilian as oil tanker Hailang in 1989. # 871 sold to Pakistan in 1987, becoming PNS Nasr.
Type 922 rescue and salvage ship: the single unit built was transferred to Chinese Coast Guard and became Chinese Coast Guard cutter # 3411.
Type 985 buoy tenders: all units were transferred from PLAN to Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China in the early 1980s when maritime navigational responsibility was transferred from the former to the latter.
Type 991I cable layer: the sole unit has been transferred to civilian agency.
Type 994 buoy tenders: all units were transferred from PLAN to MOT in the early 1980s when maritime navigational responsibility was transferred from the former to the latter.
Xiang-Yang-Hong 5 ocenographic research ship has retired in 1993.
Yanding-class transport: Transport of this class were derived from fishing trawlers, & all 4 units including Dong-Yun 456, Dong-Yun 520, Dong-Yun 523, Dong-Yun 666 have retired.
Yanfang class degaussing/deperming ship: Both units have retired
Yerka class degaussing/deperming ship: Both units have retired

List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy

Ship naming conventions

Active ships

Submarines

Nuclear [ballistic missile submarine]s

Conventional ballistic missile submarines

[Nuclear attack submarine]s

[Conventional attack submarine]s

Surface ships

Principal surface combatants

[Aircraft carrier]s

[Amphibious assault ship]s (also known as [landing helicopter dock]s)

[Destroyer]s

[Frigate]s

[Corvettes]

Coastal warfare vessels

Missile boats, submarine chasers and gunboats

Amphibious warfare ships

Major amphibious warfare vessels (excluding amphibious assault ships)

Minor amphibious warfare crafts

[Mine warfare vessel]s

Auxiliaries

[Ammunition ship]s

[Buoy tender]s

[Cable layer]s

[Cargo ship]s

[Crane ship]s

[Degaussing]/deperming ships

[Diving support vessel]s

[Dredger]s

Engineering Ships

[Environmental research ship]s

Fleet replenishment

Floating [pile driver]s

General purpose [research ship]s

[Hospital Ship]s

Hydrographic [survey ship]s

[Icebreaker]s

[Museum ship]s

[Oceanographic research ship]s

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Personnel transports

Range support & [target ship]s

[Repair ship]s

[Rescue and salvage ship]s

[Spy ship]s

Submarine support ships

[Submersible]s

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[Technical research ship]s

[Torpedo trials craft]s

[Tracking ship]s

[Training ship]s

Tugs">Tugboat">Tugs

[UAV] [mothership]s

[Unmanned surface vehicle]s (USV)

Unmanned underwater vehicle

Weapon trials ships

Decommissioned ships

[Submarine]s

Principal surface combatants

Coastal & riverine warfare vessels

Amphibious warfare ships

[Mine warfare vessel]s

Naval auxiliaries