PLAN Aircraft Carrier programme...(Closed)

[hardware]

【环球网报道 记者 刘昆】据加拿大《汉和防务评论》2013年8月刊(提前出版)报道，中国船舶工业界的消息来源证实，中国上 海的江南长兴岛造船厂有能力建设中国国产航母，该造船厂已经在室内船台上完成了一段航母分段模 型的建造。

　　文章称，中国海军的领导人参观了这一模型，模型以全尺寸方式模拟了航母的一个分段，但是并没有采用全高 度。这意味着中国航母的建造是采用分段技术，最后在船坞内部组装的建造方式。江南厂希望能获得国产航母的合 同，但是中国海军目前尚未与任何船厂签订正式合同，因此大连造船厂虎视眈眈。

　mock up of PLAN carrier?kanwa claim a small mock up model was constructed .

 

[Jeff Head]

View attachment 8100【环球网报道 记者 刘昆】据加拿大《汉和防务评论》2013年8月刊(提前出版)报道，中国船舶工业界的消息来源证实，中国上 海的江南长兴岛造船厂有能力建设中国国产航母，该造船厂已经在室内船台上完成了一段航母分段模 型的建造。

　　文章称，中国海军的领导人参观了这一模型，模型以全尺寸方式模拟了航母的一个分段，但是并没有采用全高 度。这意味着中国航母的建造是采用分段技术，最后在船坞内部组装的建造方式。江南厂希望能获得国产航母的合 同，但是中国海军目前尚未与任何船厂签订正式合同，因此大连造船厂虎视眈眈。

　mock up of PLAN carrier?kanwa claim a small mock up model was constructed .

That's being discussed on the PLAN LHD/LPH thread. It looks much more like a LHD/LPH amphibious assault vessel.

If the starboard structure amidships is an island, and if the indentation at the aft, port quarter is an elevator, then it surely is an LHD/LPH.

But blowing up the image and refining it, it is just not clear that that is what those are.

It could just be shadows and look that way...but it is an intriguing pic for sure...and if it is an LHD/LPH and it is that far along, we will know for sure soon.

 

[Blitzo]

So GT just posted this over on CDF, what appears to be a module of a large ship, with a hangar like space in it, and a cavity on the side of the hull for what may be an elevator.
I'm wondering if it could be the first module for a carrier.

Comparing it with pics of modules of QE, it does share some similarities.

I looked for similar pics of the USS Ford under construction, but it didn't seem to be built in modules as large as the QE.

There is a slight issue with the picture I posted, that is to say, the hangar space seems to be rather small compared to the rest of the ship, but comparing the width of the elevator with the width of the hangar, it seems to be a similar ratio with other carriers:

(pics via Jeff's website!)

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Basically, I think that picture definitely is something we should keep an eye on, and to my amateur eye looks suspiciously like a large cross sectional module of a carrier, even if the hangar appears a tad small... What do you guys think?


(btw, this picture at the moment seems completely unrelated to the picture at JNCX of the LHA/D)

 

[AssassinsMace]

Here's another shot. It actually looks like the "LHD" section.

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[Blitzo]

I agree with you -- this module does seem to match up to the the LHA/D's shape. (And the cranes could match the shipyard where the LHA/D is sitting). Let's shift return the discussion back at the LHA thread then lol

 

[youngtomous]

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It is a model Block.Showing to the BOSS that they have built AC ability .you can find many details in this Block. hanger, catapult and so on、、、、

 

[duncanidaho]

There is a slight issue with the picture I posted, that is to say, the hangar space seems to be rather small compared to the rest of the ship.

I've measured the height to width ratio, it is approximately 1:5. Isn't it relatively wide? USS Nimitz has a ratio of 1:4.3

 

[bd popeye]

I really don't see how you fellows get an CV/LHD/LPH/LHA out of those photos. Really.. Has anything in those photos been confirmed as an CV/LHD/LPH/LHA?

And that link to Shanghai Hobby does not load up..for me.

 

[Preux]

I really don't see how you fellows get an CV/LHD/LPH/LHA out of those photos. Really.. Has anything in those photos been confirmed as an CV/LHD/LPH/LHA?

And that link to Shanghai Hobby does not load up..for me.

It won't - it's a member's only page. Most of the major Chinese military fora require registration before you can see attachments. HSH is more draconian than most.

There's all sorts of noise about how these may be modules... or scaled proof-of-concept modules for a CV... and those groves are interpreted as space for catapult rail - a bit too speculative for me at the moment. I am not even convinced that these modules are the same as those seen in dock 3 (in the LHA thread).

 

[youngtomous]

I really don't see how you fellows get an CV/LHD/LPH/LHA out of those photos. Really.. Has anything in those photos been confirmed as an CV/LHD/LPH/LHA?

And that link to Shanghai Hobby does not load up..for me.

this is the point.