List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy

The ship types in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) include aircraft carriers, submarines, (both nuclear and conventional), 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.

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.

Submarines

• Soviet M-class submarines: 4 units include Pennant # 201 thru 204, respectively named as National Defense (Guofang, 国防) # 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 (Xin Zhong Guo 新中国) # 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 • Type 092 submarine: The sole unit of Type 092 nuclear powered ballistic submarine has been superseded by the much more advanced Type 094 submarine.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.

List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy