CV-18 Fujian - Type 003 Aircraft Carrier News & Discussions

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[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1204341536735055872

 

[Figaro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1204341536735055872

Did he mention what type of propulsion?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Did he mention what type of propulsion?

Nope, he claimed to have just finished a tour from the JN shipyard.

The Type 003 displaces around 80,000 - 100,000 tonnes with the EMALS and AAG, also with the next generation OLS.

 

[azesus]

Its 260K HP gas turbine with IEP right?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Its 260K HP gas turbine with IEP right?

If this ship is that large, then it is indeed a CVN, as the gas turbines need to be evenly distributed with two exhaust stacks which will make the ship having two island structures. Since China is not a big fan of the twin islands, therefore it would unlikely have gas turbines as the propulsion.

If the full displacement of the Type 003 is over 100,000 metric tons, then it will make this class of ship the second class of the supercarrier that exceeds 100K metric tons, the first class is the Gerald Ford class.

Even the famous Nimitz class didn't exceed 100K in metric tons wise. The latest two ships USS Ronald Reagan and USS George Bush fell a bit short of 100K metric tons.

The register ton of the CVN-76 at the port of Yokosuka in Japan shows that the latest Nimitz class ships displace in 98,900 metric tons as the full load tonnage.

 

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[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1205776965267021825

 

[JSCh]

 

[Deino]

Looks like snow or "Winter has arrived"

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

The waterline length of the Type 003 is around 320 meters.

 

[obj 705A]

I checked out the original source at CJDBY that did the measurement of the waterline length, so apparently he did it by merging images of the modules together which is possibly not accurate but anyway, these past few days we have been getting news & leaks for example from that person who visited that shipyard that suggest the Type 003 will be comparable in size to the Ford or Nimitz & significantly larger than a Kitty Hawk, that is why personaly I bet the type 003 will be a CVN.
the one & only possible limitation to having a CVN was technological however just as how years ago we found out all of a sudden that China's railgun is at a more advanced stage than that of the US, we should not be surprised if China already is capable of having nuclear propulsion for it's carrier, especially since China has had nuclear propulsion (at least on it's subs) since like.. the Mao era.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

I checked out the original source at CJDBY that did the measurement of the waterline length, so apparently he did it by merging images of the modules together which is possibly not accurate but anyway, these past few days we have been getting news & leaks for example from that person who visited that shipyard that suggest the Type 003 will be comparable in size to the Ford or Nimitz & significantly larger than a Kitty Hawk, that is why personaly I bet the type 003 will be a CVN.
the one & only possible limitation to having a CVN was technological however just as how years ago we found out all of a sudden that China's railgun is at a more advanced stage than that of the US, we should not be surprised if China already is capable of having nuclear propulsion for it's carrier, especially since China has had nuclear propulsion (at least on it's subs) since like.. the Mao era.

Although those images are blurry, but they have already found out that the Type 003 is a proportionally skinny AC, and its waterline should be at least comparable to the 317 meters of the Ford/Nimitz, and that's why its flight deck length should be no less than 333 meters as well.

Most of Chinese warships are proportionally lanky, except the Type 075.

 

[Deino]

Can anyone take a look here ... https://lt.cjdby.net/thread-2603109-1-1.html

It seems as if there are new images which only show up when signed in.

 

[Akasa]

Can anyone take a look here ... https://lt.cjdby.net/thread-2603109-1-1.html

It seems as if there are new images which only show up when signed in.

Maybe it is related to the fact that, on the 22nd of December, the basin in which the Type 003 is to be assembled has been cleared out. They're probably moving in the modules for assembly soon.