Chinese shipbuilding industry
- Thread starter tphuang
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Even if that is a huge spool there, that's too small for a cable laying ship. The spool on a cable laying ship also lays on the side.
asif iqbal
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so according to my count JNCX + DL launched from 2010-2020
4 x Type 052C
+ 25 x Type 052D
thats 29 x DDG in 10 years or 2.9 per year
with 8 units being launched in 2019 alone
tremendous production capability matching Bath Iron Works and Ingalls shipbuilding on the Arleigh Burke programme
but remember that 8 x Type 055 were also launched within the same period
so by that calculation the 2 premier Chinese shipyards outperformed in terms of numbers and warship tonnage launched by their American counterparts
4 x Type 052C
+ 25 x Type 052D
thats 29 x DDG in 10 years or 2.9 per year
with 8 units being launched in 2019 alone
tremendous production capability matching Bath Iron Works and Ingalls shipbuilding on the Arleigh Burke programme
but remember that 8 x Type 055 were also launched within the same period
so by that calculation the 2 premier Chinese shipyards outperformed in terms of numbers and warship tonnage launched by their American counterparts
These shipyards are only producing the warships as their sidelines, even if this 'sideline' looks like a massive shipbuilding program to others. Right along in the same period, these shipyards have a huge commercial ship business as their main staple, producing huge containerships---right up there among the biggest ships in the world ever made---plus tankers, LNG carriers, ROROs, bulk carriers, etc,. Bath and Ingalls don't produce commercial ships, and their total tonnage output doesn't come close.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
It means these shipyards can produce even more, even a lot more, if they scaled back their commercial ship production. The main bottlenecks would be the supply of machinery components (engines, gearboxes) and components for the sensor and weapons systems which are external and comes from somewhere else. The commercial ship production also indicates that these shipyards have much larger dock capacity than Bath or even Ingalls, as the docks needed for today's commercial shipping are as big or bigger than those used for aircraft carriers as many of these commercial ships are as big or bigger---300 meter to 400 meters, with containerships now increasingly at 400 meters. We have seen from pictures, these docks can easily accommodate building 4 destroyers in one sitting.
The most important part is the skilled labor. When you have a strong commercial base, you also sustain technical colleges that train labor into professional shipbuilders, such as welders, etc,. It develops this ecosystem that breeds and sustains this labor pool. You not only have capacity but you also have a sizable labor resource. On the other hand, a dwindling and disappearing commercial bujild base means this training infracture and ecosystem is eroded, and will continue to erode further, and as these colleges close, you get less and less of this labor pool.
The shipyards can produce destroyers eternally like hamburgers off a fast food if it were not for the PLAN's ability to digest the new ships, training crews, supply of officers, etc,.