CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[SAC]

I previously lived in Fujian, so I'll claim a connection. Not that surprising to be named "Fujian". I'm confident there will be more carriers that need names.

 

[ansy1968]

I previously lived in Fujian, so I'll claim a connection. Not that surprising to be named "Fujian". I'm confident there will be more carriers that need names.

@SAC bro we're relatives...lol all I can say is "Dee ho, tsia be, tsun yaa sui" translate to "are you fine, have you eaten and the ship is beautiful"...lol

 

[def333]

That’s an error there. The USN reports the displacement of large naval vessels in long tons, not short tons.

The first of the class gained weight over the years. The younger CVN-76 is 98,000 long tons displacement.

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The British ton is the long ton, which is 2240 pounds, and the U.S. ton is the short ton which is 2000 pounds.

 

[escobar]

There is speculation that 003 installed a small reactor to power em rail.

only in your head

 

[ansy1968]

Hitomi?
Tanaka???
LOL!

@james smith esq bro are you a fan? same here...lol

 

[TK3600]

So the nuclear carrier will be Taiwan-jian?

I see it as a absolute win.

 

[Tam]

Why in your opinion do you think they went with a phased array? The radar is mounted on a platform that rotates both in azimuth and elevation.

Faster lock-on target?

Yes, electronically steering for faster track and lock with minute precise adjustments. You also have the collateral benefit of reducing mechanical parts which improves the radar's reliability, less maintenance, less mechanical wear and tear, and no cathode ray tube. Also the dome that looks like a rice hat could still be using conical scan, in contrast to the later radar with the flattened dome --- such as the Type 349 used in the Sov refits --- which should be monopulse. The phase array like this is also monopulse.

 

[Red tsunami]

 

[alfreddango]

is it gonna have iep? cause wikipedia (I know, I know, not a reliable source) claims so, but iirc from the discussions here, it should have conventional propulsion, right?

 

[Zichan]

The British ton is the long ton, which is 2240 pounds, and the U.S. ton is the short ton which is 2000 pounds.


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The US Naval Vessel Register explains that with the exception of LPD, LCS and MCH-51 class, full displacement is in long tons. In the exceptional cases it is in metric tons, never in short tons. It is (very) old news that Nimitz class carriers displace around 100,000 metric tons.