page_title: People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
section_title: Auxiliaries
hierarchical_section_title: People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force / Auxiliaries
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: ５月１４日（月）午後２３時頃から午後２４時頃にかけて、海上自衛隊第５航空群（那覇）所属「Ｐ－３Ｃ」、第６護衛隊「たかなみ」（横須賀）及び第１５護衛隊「はまぎり」（大湊）が、宮古島の北東約１１０ｋｍの海域を太平洋から東シナ海に向けて北西進する中国海軍ジャンカイII級フリゲート２隻及びドンディアオ級情報収集艦１隻を確認した。 なお、これら３隻の艦艇は、４月２９日（日）正午頃、屋久島の西約４３０ｋｍの海域を東シナ海から太平洋に向けて東進し、その後、沖ノ鳥島東約７００ｋｍの海域において無人航空機の飛行訓練を行っていたことが確認されている。
context_page_description: The People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force is a branch of the People's Liberation Army Navy in China. It consists of all surface warships in operational service with the PLAN. It operates 661 ships. The ships are organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet, and the South Sea Fleet. The People's Liberation Army Navy is turning away from its traditional focus on coastal and littoral warfare and instead prioritising the development of blue water capabilities. This has led to a significant reduction in fleet numbers as the PLAN has replaced a larger number of smaller ships with a smaller number of larger and more capable ships, including destroyers, frigates, corvettes, amphibious warfare ships and large auxiliary ships.
context_section_description: The PLAN operates a very large number and variety of auxiliary vessels that are capable of supporting fleet and military operations both in a coastal and ocean theatres of war. PLAN auxiliary vessels are present in all three fleets, stationed in many naval bases and have increasingly exercised frequently alongside combatants. PLAN auxiliaries include tugboats, freighters, submarine tenders, research, survey ships, missile and satellite monitoring platforms, ice breakers, repair and communications, electronic warfare and monitoring, transport and training ships. The following is a list of auxiliaries thought to be in service with the PLAN as of 2014–2015. However no list can be entirely accurate and may contain significant inaccuracies.
  Hospital ships
  1 Type 920 hospital ship (NATO designation Anwei-class)
  1 Chinese medical evacuation ship Zhuanghe (NATO designation unknown)
  1 Qiongsha-class ambulance transport (NATO designation Qiongsha-class)
  Icebreakers
  2 Type 272 icebreaker (NATO designation Yanrao-class)
  1 Type 210 icebreaker (NATO designation Yanbing-class)
  3 Type 071 icebreaker (NATO designation Yanha-class)
  Barracks ship
  1 Chinese barracks ship Xu Xiake (NATO designation Daguan-class)
  Troop transport/ferry & cargo
  5 Qiongsha-class cargo ship (NATO designation Qiongsha-class)
  1 Beidiao 990
  Training ships
  1 Type 680 training ship (NATO designation Dadu-class)
  1 Type 679 training ship (NATO designation Daxin-class)
  1 Type 0891A training ship (NATO designation Dashi-class)
  Cargo transport
  3 Yantai-class (NATO designation Yantai-class)
  5 Type 081 cargo ship (NATO designation Hongqi-class)
  13 Danlin-class cargo ship (NATO designation Danlin-class)
  4 Dandao-class (NATO designation Dandao-class)
  2 Galați-class cargo ship (NATO designation Galați-class)
  Coastal oil tankers
  9 Leizhou-class tanker (NATO designation Leizhou-class)
  8 Fulin-class oil tanker (NATO designation Fulin-class)
  2 Shengli-class oil tanker (NATO designation Shengli-class)
  7 Fuzhou-class tanker (NATO designation Fuzhou-class)
  3 Jinyou-class oil tanker (NATO designation Jinyou-class)
  Ballistic missile tracking
  6 Yuan Wang-class tracking ship (NATO designation Yuanwang-class)
  Intelligence gathering
  1 Type 813 spy ship (NATO designation unknown)
  1 Type 814A spy ship (NATO designation Dadie-class)
  6 Type 815 spy ship (NATO designation Dondiao-class)
  Oceanographic surveillance ships
  2 Type 595 ocean surveillance ship (NATO designation unknown)
  1 Type 639 oceanographic surveillance ship (NATO designation unknown)
  3 Type 927 acoustic surveillance ships
  Oceanographic research, meteorological and hydrographic survey ships
  1 Chinese oceanographic research ship Xiangyanghong 5 (NATO designation unknown)
  1 Type 645 oceanographic research ship (NATO designation unknown)
  8 Type 625 research vessel (NATO designation unknown)
  5 Type 614 research vessel (NATO designation unknown)
  5 Type 635 hydrographic survey ship (NATO designation Yanlai-class)
  6 Type 636 hydrographic survey ship (NATO designation unknown)
  1 Type 988 hydrographic survey ship (NATO designation unknown)
  Submarine support
  1 Type 930 submarine rescue ship (NATO designation Hudong-class)
  3 Type 946 submarine rescue ship (NATO designation Dazhou, Dadong-class)
  3 Type 925 submarine support ship (NATO designation Dajiang-class)
  3 Type 926 submarine support ship (NATO designation Dalao-class)
  1 Type 648 repair ship (NATO designation unknown)
  Torpedo trials/retriever
  1 Type 906 torpedo trials craft (NATO designation unknown)
  1 Type 907A torpedo trials craft (NATO designation unknown)
  7 Type 917 torpedo retriever (NATO designation unknown)
  Weapons trials
  3 Type 909 weapon trials ship (NATO designation Wuhu-B-class)
  Sonar trials
  1 Chinese sonar trials ship Beidiao 993 (NATO designation Beidiao-class)
  Experimental ships
  Chinese target ship Experiment 216 (NATO designation unknown)
  Rescue and salvage
  6 Type 922 rescue and salvage ship (NATO designation Dalang-class)
  2 Type 917 rescue and salvage ship (NATO designation unknown)
  Dive tender
  2 Type 904 dive tender (NATO designation unknown)
  Tug boats
  4 Tuozhong-class (
caption: Type 815 spy ship (Dondiao-class)
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