My impression, or this seems small for a 80000t carrier? seems like a type 01/02 with catapults. I could be wrong of course, but thats what it seems.
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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My impression, or this seems small for a 80000t carrier? seems like a type 01/02 with catapults. I could be wrong of course, but thats what it seems.
I think it looks a decent amount bigger or at least wider than CV-16/17.
The angle of the photo means we obviously can't see how long it is, but we can estimate how wide it is by comparing the wingspan of the J-15 on the port/bow catapult and comparing it to the width of the flight deck at that area, and then to take a similar picture of Liaoning with J-15 and compare that ratio...
That can give a simple guesstimate for how wide the flight deck of the carrier might be, and based on my own eyeballing it seems to be bigger than CV-16/17.
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Exactly my thoughts
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The Type 001A's dimensions are as follows:
Length 315 m
Beam (waterline) 38 m
Beam (deck) 72 m
Draught ~ 11 m
Comparing that to the Nimitz which is the largest of its kind
Length 317 m
Beam 43 m
Draught 11.3 m
So dimensions wise the type 001A aint small, rather it is a pretty decent size for a 60,000t carrier. If the 002 follows the same dimensions with an increase of 5-10 meters on each aspect, the differences will not be readily visible.
Taking the Kitty Hawk dimensions for comparison :
Length 320.6 m
Beam 39.60 m
Draught 11.40 m
All in all the 002 shown in the picture is seems about just right.
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Ford and Nimitz class have a beam of 40.8 meters at the waterline. The widest aircraft carrier at the waterline was (still is - because it is a museum) CV 41 Midway at 44.2 meters, having received additional lateral buoyancy space during a 1986 shipyard stay.
According to the type 002 will be:
Length,overall 1075 / 331 m
Flight Deck Width 275 ft / 85 meters
Beam 130 feet (39 meters)
Displacement, full load 85,000 tons
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The Midway's beam should be at 41 meters at the waterline ,not 44.2 meters. This is a similar length shared with the Ford, the Nimitz has 40.8 meters which is correct.
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TBH I will take what global security states with a bit of salt. Not because they have a tendency to exaggerate, but they usually obtain their sources via public media which is subjected to all forms of conjectures.
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Believe me, the ship was widened in 1987 again.
... and with this 44.2 meters beam, it became unstable.
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Believe me, the ship was widened in 1987 again.
... and with this 44.2 meters beam, it became unstable.
Do you have an exact measurement/citation source ? Because I have did some search and all available sources points towards 41 meters. The instability caused by the extension was real however.