Republic of China Navy and Related Topics

Kaohsiung

Special municipality in southern Taiwan.

Map of Taiwan including Takau (Kaohsiung) (1880)

Sketch of the Makatao people during the Qing empire

Old Kaohsiung Train Station, built during Japanese rule of Taiwan

Map of Kaohsiung City before and after 25 December 2010

The 85 Sky Tower seen from the Love River

The Dome of Light at Formosa Boulevard Station of Kaohsiung MRT

Northern portion of Kaohsiung harbor viewed from Cijin island lighthouse hill

Skyline of Kaohsiung viewed from Cianjhen Star light rail station

The campus of National Sun Yat-sen University

Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School

Front gate of the Republic of China Military Academy

Front gate of the Republic of China Air Force Academy

It also hosts the Republic of China Navy fleet headquarters and its naval academy.

Republic of China Marine Corps

President Tsai Ing-wen reviews a Marine Corps battalion in 2020

ROCMC Humvee Carried T-75M 20mm Cannon Display at Keelung Naval Pier

ROCMC M60A3 TTS Display at Navy Fleet Command Ground

BGM-71 TOW and M2 Machine Gun on ROCMC CM-25

ROCMC M8 Motor Boat catching divers in sea

ROCMC Special Forces Team standing behind 66th Brigade Recruitment Booth

ROC Marine Corps Special Service Company Operator with SIG MPX

Seven ROCMC M8 motor boats circled around Exercise Water

The Republic of China Marine Corps (ROCMC; ), also known colloquially as the Taiwan Marine Corps, is the amphibious arm of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) responsible for amphibious combat, counter-landing and reinforcement of the areas under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC), including the island of Taiwan, Kinmen, and the Matsu Islands, and defense of ROCN facilities, also functioning as a rapid reaction force and a strategic reserve capable of amphibious assaults.

People's Liberation Army Navy

Maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army.

A gunboat in used in the Battle of Toumenshan

Haifa base commander Brig. Gen. Eli Sharvit welcomes RADM Yang Jun-Fei to Israel in 2012

PLAN Captain Wang, commanding officer of the destroyer Jinan greets USN Captain Lyle Hall during a goodwill port visit in 2015

A Type 052C destroyer, Changchun, in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia in 2017

Major naval units in the PLA military regions in 2006

Sailors from the U.S. Navy talk with Chinese Navy sailors from the destroyer Xi'an after the Rim of the Pacific 2016 (RIMPAC 2016) exercise

PLAN Marines of the 1st Marine Brigade and members of the USMC fire the Type 95 Assault Rifle during an exchange exercise in 2006.

A PLAN marine with a boarding team assigned to the guided missile destroyer Haikou during a maritime operations exercise in RIMPAC 2014.

China's critical sea lines of communication. In 2004, over 80 percent of Chinese crude oil imports transited the Straits of Malacca, with less than 2 percent transiting the Straits of Lombok.

Dongguan aground on the Half Moon Shoal, 22 July 2011

Geographic boundaries of the First and Second Island Chains

The PLAN traces its lineage to units of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) who defected to the People's Liberation Army towards the end of the Chinese Civil War.

Zuoying District

District of Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan.

Map of southern Taiwan including Zuoying (labeled as 左營 Tso-ying (Saei)) (, 1951)

Zuoying hosts the Zuoying Naval Airfield (22°42′16″N, 120°16′48″E) and the Republic of China Navy's Zuoying Naval Yard, Taiwan's largest naval base.

Harpoon (missile)

All-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile developed and manufactured by McDonnell Douglas .

USS Coronado (LCS-4) launches the first over-the-horizon missile engagement using a Harpoon Block 1C missile during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2016 in the Pacific Ocean, 21 July 2016.

Air intake (black triangle) for turbojet is visible on the underside

AGM-84A Harpoon from 1979 when it entered service with the US Navy

Harpoon Block II test firing from USS Thorn.

AGM-84D being prepared and mounted on a P-3C Orion weapons pylon.

The Canadian frigate HMCS Regina fires a Harpoon anti-ship missile during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) sinking exercise

Block I coastal missile defense system truck, in service in the Danish Navy 1988–2003.

A Harpoon missile is launched from the {{sclass|Ticonderoga|cruiser|1}} {{USS|Shiloh|CG 67|6}} during a live-fire exercise in 2014.

A harpoon training missile is loaded onto the {{USS|Asheville|SSN-758|6}} during a certification exercise in 2020.

At least 339 Harpoon missiles were sold to the Republic of China Air Force (Taiwan) for its F-16 A/B Block 20 fleet and the Taiwanese Navy, which operates four guided-missile destroyers and eight guided-missile frigates with the capability of carrying the Harpoon, including the eight former U.S. Navy s and the four former USN s which have been sold to Taiwan.

Emblem of the Ministry of National Defense

Republic of China Armed Forces

The Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF; ) are the armed forces of the Republic of China (ROC), once based in mainland China and currently in its remaining jurisdictions which includes the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other smaller ROC islands such as Taiping Island in the South China Sea.

Soldiers of the 185th Infantry Division during World War II

ROC Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit

ROC Air Force Air Defense Artillery Skyguard system Sparrow missile launcher

Two children taking pictures with ROC Military Policemen at Linkou MP Base

Three ROC Navy Honor Guards chatting at Hsinchu Air Base

R.O.C. Army soldiers removing the machine guns from a CM-12 Tank

ROCAF AIDC F-CK Indigenous Defense Fighter

ROC Army Hualien-Taitung Defense Command soldiers with a T75 Light machine gun

Humanitarian aid sent by a C-130 Hercules of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) to Hualien Airport, Taiwan during the 2018 Hualien earthquake.

T-93 sniper rifle with the Taiwanese team competing in the International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia in 2010

ROC Humvees en route to the 2007 National Day Military Parade

ROC soldiers marching to the front lines in 1939

ROC soldiers in house-to-house fighting in Battle of Taierzhuang

August 23 Artillery Battle Museum, Kinmen County

Lee Hsi-ming, former Chief of the General Staff

They consist of the Army, Navy (including the Marine Corps), Air Force and Military Police Force.

A P-3C of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Lockheed P-3 Orion

Four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s.

The first Orion prototype was a converted Lockheed Electra.

P-3 Orions from Japan, Canada, Australia, Republic of Korea, and the United States at MCAS Kaneohe Bay during RIMPAC 2010

A USN P-3A of VP-49 in the original blue/white colors

An underside view of a USN P-3C showing the MAD (rear boom) and external sonobuoy launch tubes (grid of black spots towards the rear)

A German Navy Rolls Royce Allison T56-A-14 engine with Hamilton Standard 54H60-77 propeller

A U.S. Navy F-14A Tomcat belonging to VF-213 escorts an Iranian P-3F Orion over the Indian Ocean – 1981

A Pakistan Navy P-3C Orion in Quetta, in October 2010

A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion monitoring the hijacking of MV Maersk Alabama, 2009

Aero Union P-3A Orion taking off from Fox Field, Lancaster, California, to fight the North Fire

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lockheed UP-3C Orion #9151

A map with P-3 operators in red, former operators in light red.

A Portuguese Air Force P-3P Orion (s/n 14802) at Faro Airport in 1994

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security P-3AEW&C used to track drug couriers

P-3 aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and the United States Navy (with RAAF Dassault Mirage III)

Republic of China Navy – The Republic of China Navy obtained 12 P-3C aircraft under the U.S. government's Foreign Military Sales program in 2007 which were then modernized to provide an additional 15,000 flight hours. 12 P-3Cs (ordered, with deliveries starting in 2012), with three "spare" airframes that might be converting to EP-3E standard; based in south part of the island and offshore island. In May 2014 Lockheed Martin were awarded a contract to upgrade and overhaul all 12 P-3Cs for completion by August 2015.

Two of the three s that were built; (left) and (March 1912)

Dvora-class fast patrol boat

Fast class of patrol boats built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Sea Corps based on the Israeli.

The Republic of China Navy uses Dvoras as Fast Attack Missile Craft, purchasing two and using them as a pattern for the almost-identical, locally-built Hai Ou-class missile boats (Hai Ou class has three propeller shafts whereas Dvora class has two), 50 built.

Hsiung Feng II

Anti-ship missile system developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) in Taiwan.

Taiwan Coast Guard Anping-class offshore patrol vessel Anping (CG-601) launch Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles

Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng III launchers aboard the ROCN (田單)

The HF-2 has ECCM capabilities and is deployed on the ROC Navy's and frigates, as well as at several land-based sites.

CSBC Corporation, Taiwan

Company that produces ships for civilian and military use in Taiwan.

Pan Shi Fast Combat Support Ship (AOE-532)

127 Xinbei, a 2000-ton patrol vessel built for Coast Guard Administration

102 Wei Hsung, a 1,800-ton patrol vessel built for the Coast Guard Administration in 1992

Sea-Based X-Band Radar enters Pearl Harbor on 9 January 2006 on its way to Adak Island, Alaska, transported by MV Blue Marlin

Furthermore, it has built ships, submarines and advanced naval weapons for the Republic of China Navy, patrol vessels for the Coast Guard Administration, and research vessels for the Taiwan Ocean Research Institute.