Each organizational level groups its leading combatants separately from secondary units and support ships. The examples include destroyers and nuclear submarines, with smaller attacking craft at lower levels. Smaller formations can be assembled for particular assignments, drawing on the ships available for the task. The comparison with Roman detachments explains this temporary grouping without requiring every deployment to reproduce the permanent administrative structure.
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Fleet hierarchies also produce temporary task groups
Chinese fleet organization separates leading combatants, secondary units, and support ships while allowing smaller groups to form for particular missions.