North Sea Fleet


The Northern Theater Command Navy, or the North Sea Fleet is one of the three fleets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, under the Northern Theater Command. In September 1950 the Qingdao Army Base was redesignated as a naval base. Following the departure of the Soviet Navy from Lüshunkou, the North Sea Fleet was established in 1960 with naval bases in Qingdao and Lüshunkou.
It includes nuclear-powered submarines: five Han class attack submarines and China's single Xia class submarine ballistic missile submarine, all based at Qingdao.
The NSF has historically received primacy during the allocation of the destroyers and frigates, as its role was to defend northeast China against any amphibious attacks by Soviet Union. However, unlike the East Sea and South Sea Fleets, it has never been involved in combat.

Major naval bases

The fleet headquarters is located at Qingdao, with other major naval bases at:
The flagship of the fleet is the Harbin, a Luhu class destroyer.
Destroyers
Frigates
Corvettes
Nuclear submarines
Diesel-electric submarines
Landing ships
Replenishment ships