I like the notion, of course, but there seem to be no rumours. On the other hand PLAN has left the practice of building one or two ships, use them for years and then order a series. The parallel production of four 055 even before the first has tasted water is a spectacular change.I have a gut feeling ..... LHD is in the making.....
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I have a gut feeling ..... LHD is in the making.....
From what I read so far more civil tanker or freighter.
If look on this pic you can see some flat modules along with Bridge (Red Color next to white building) IMO.
That was my first thought too, but as I added in my first post this is removed part of the original Varyag island, that was removed and replaced in 2009/10 (not sure) and is still there reportedly used as a warehouse or store.
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This is the only difference between a 45000- and a 65000-tons-carrier: 4 meters more draft.
We know pictures of Liaoning from 2005 as high out of the water (or even more) as type 001A is now.
I don't think the ship actually displace 45000 tons now, unless it is ballasted for stability. 45000 tons is supposedly the light condition displacement for the completed ship. The ship is likely still missing several thousands tons of equipment and fitting.
This may be an optical illusion. But it seems to me 017's boot top is higher on the ship's side then Liaoning's, and closer to the bottom of the sponson. This suggests 017's underwater hull likely copied Liaoning's geometry, but the equipment, fitting and designed stores are sufficiently different in weight that the new ship is expected to have higher displacement when completed and thus sit deeper in the water.
This may be an optical illusion. But it seems to me 017's boot top is higher on the ship's side then Liaoning's, and closer to the bottom of the sponson. This suggests 017's underwater hull likely copied Liaoning's geometry, but the equipment, fitting and designed stores are sufficiently different in weight that the new ship is expected to have higher displacement when completed and thus sit deeper in the water.
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On the 1st picture the waterline marking is significantly higher on the 001A, any idea why?
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