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Southern Theater Command Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy's jack and ensign
Active
1949–present
Country
People's Republic of China
Allegiance
Chinese Communist Party
Branch
People's Liberation Army Navy
Type
Naval fleet
Part of
Southern Theater Command
Garrison/HQ
Yulin Naval Base, China
March
"The People's Navy Moves Forward"
Commanders
Commander
Admiral Ju Xinchun
Political Commissar
Admiral Yang Zhiliang
Military unit
The South Sea Fleet (SSF; 南海舰队), concurrently the Southern Theater Command Navy (南部战区海军), is one of the three fleets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. Responsible for South China Sea, the fleet provides naval forces to the Southern Theater Command. The fleet is headquartered in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
Initially, the fleet's strength consisted mostly of former Kuomintang ships and personnel, which either defected or were captured by the People's Liberation Army. One of three fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy, the SSF's duties were to protect the city of Guangzhou and the Pearl River regions, and support the PLA in capturing islands that were still in the hands of the Kuomintang forces. The fleet's development has been slow, because most of China's shipbuilding industry is located on the northern or eastern coasts. In the 1970s the fleet underwent a major buildup, due to conflict in the Paracel Islands and other reefs in the South China Sea. In 1974, the SSF took the Paracel Islands from South Vietnam, which resulted in the sinking of one South Vietnamese frigate while damaging another. The latest incident was in 1988, when a Chinese naval task force engaged Vietnamese naval forces, sinking one Vietnamese warship and damaging another.[citation needed]
Most of the fleet's surface ships are located at Zhanjiang Naval Base, while all of the fleet's submarines are at Yulin Naval Base, on Hainan Island. The SSF has many other bases, including at Guangzhou, Haikou, Shantou, Mawei, and Beihai, while naval air force bases are at Lingshui, Haikou, Sanya, Zhanjiang, and Guiping. The fleet's area of operations is divided into six zones.[citation needed]
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