CHINA PLA-N HARBIN DDG-112 Naval Cover 1997 Cachet USS LEWIS B. PULLER FFG-23

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CHINA PLA-N HARBIN DDG-112 Naval Cover 1997 Cachet USS LEWIS B. PULLER FFG-23It was postmarked 25 Mar 1997. It was franked "Chinese New Year".This envelope is in very good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement.Member USCS #10385 (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Please contact me if you have specific cover needs. I have thousands for sale, including; navals (USS, USNS, USCGC, Coast Guard, ship, Maritime), military posts, event, APO, hotel, postal history, memoribilia, etc. I also offer approvals service to repeat USA customers.The South Sea Fleet is a fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy of People's Republic of China. It established in late 1949 as Central Military Navy and renamed in 1955. The flagship of the SSF is the AOR/AK Nanchang (953).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.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 included 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.A task group under the fleet's deputy commander, Rear Admiral Su Zhiquan, consisting of the Luyang I class destroyer Guangzhou and the tanker Weishanhu visited several European ports, including Portsmouth, Cadiz, and Toulon, in September-October 2007. During the visit the two ships conducted communications and maritime rescue drills with HMS Ark Royal.[2]Contents [hide]1 Major Naval Bases in the Fleet2 Ships in the fleet3 See also4 External links and referencesMajor Naval Bases in the Fleet[edit]The fleet headquarters was, at first, at Guangzhou, but was later relocated to Zhanjiang.Yulin Naval Base, Hainan IslandGuangzhouHaikouShantouMaweiBeihaiStonecutters Island, Hong Kong - People's Liberation Army Hong Kong GarrisonNaval air force bases:Lingshui[disambiguation needed]HaikouSanyaZhanjiangGuipingShips in the fleet[edit]A Jiangkai-Class Frigate in action in Nan HaiAircraft carrier1 Kuznetsov-class:Liaoning (16)Destroyers:3 Type 052D/Kunming/Luyang III-Class:Kunming (172)Changsha (173)Hefei (174)2 Type 052C/Lanzhou/Luyang II-Class:Lanzhou (170)Haikou (171)2 Type 052B/Guangzhou/Luyang-Class:Guangzhou (168)Wuhan (169)1 Type 051B/Luhai-Class:Shenzhen (167)3 Type 051/Luda-Class:Nanchang (163)Zhanjiang (165)Zhuhai (166)Frigates:8 Jiangkai-Class II:Huangshan (570)Chaohu (568)Yuncheng (571)Yulin (569)Hengshui (572)Liuzhou (573)Sanya (574)Yueyang (575)3 Jiangwei II-Class:Yichang (564)Huaihua (566)Xiangyang (567)6 Jianghu V-Class:Beihai (558)Kangding... read more

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