In mid-January 2014, the formation of Hengshui, Liuzhou, Yueyang and Sanya completed several offensive and defensive exercises in the training waters.

[4] On June 24, a multi-national task force arrived at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the United States.

[5] During the period, Yueyang and others participated in a 38-day joint military exercise involving 22 navies and visited the United States.

On September 3, after 87 days and nights, sailing 19,271 nautical miles, the Chinese navy fleet that participated in the RIMPAC 2014 and performed a visiting mission returned to a military port in Sanya.

[6] On March 31, 2016, USS Chancellorsville was intercepted and monitored by the Yueyang near the waters of Huangyan Island in the South China Sea.