朝鲜民主主义人民共和国海军(以下简称朝鲜海军)是在原苏联军事专家的直接帮助下于40年代末组建的。当时一批护卫舰和鱼雷艇转让给了年轻的共和国海军。朝鲜战争初期,朝鲜海军拥有的作战舰艇不足45艘,因此难以对有舰载机从空中进行可靠掩护的强大的美、英舰艇战斗群造成威胁。然而,朝鲜海军却在这种条 The Navy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (hereinafter referred to as the North Korean Navy) was formed in the late 1940s with the direct help of the former Soviet military experts. At that time a number of frigates and torpedo boats were assigned to the young Republican Navy. In the early days of the Korean War, North Korea’s navy owned less than 45 warships, making it difficult to threaten the powerful U.S. and British naval battle groups that contain carrier-based aircraft from the air. However, North Korea’s navy is in this article