| 1 | The vessel is currently deployed by East Sea Fleet. | |
| 2 | The first hull was commissioned into the East Sea Fleet in 1999. | |
| 3 | It was Army Day. Our class visited a signal company of the Donghai Sea fleet. | |
| 4 | The first and only hull was commissioned into the East Sea Fleet in 1999. | |
| 5 | The Chinese navy so far made up of three separate fleets, the Beihai Fleet, the Donghai Fleet and the Nanhai Fleet. |