CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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SinoSoldier
Colonel
Sina isn't a credible website. Do you have a link to the original blog (Wechat, I suppose)?
Stating that one is "ready" can have different connotations, ranging from being ready to cut steel to being ready for module assembly.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
To be honest this is pretty unbelievable
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Trust me when you have been following Chinese carrier programme since 2006 and and then the day comes when you see not one but two carriers in the water with a 3rd CATOBAR it’s BIG news
I'm no expert in shipbuilding, but I read somewhere the other day that the JN shipyard will construct the 003 differently compared to the 002 at DL.
In DL, what they did for the 002 was lay the keel and built up the hull little by little, the traditional way. It wasn't until most of the lower hull was complete that they began to use large modules in construction. This allowed for a linear and rapid pace of construction from steel cutting to completion.
In comparison, the JN shipyard will use a relatively modern technique. First, basic parts and small modules will be laid down and assembled, followed by medium-sized modules, and finally, the massive ones that you see in the construction of large civilian vessels where entire pre-fabricated segments are moved into place.
My understanding is that, compared to DL, initial pace of construction of the 003 will be slower as we're only just seeing the little basic pieces being prepared, while the major modules are not yet ready. Once we see the first big hulks of steel appear sometime in 2019, that's when we know that everything is coming together.
In DL, what they did for the 002 was lay the keel and built up the hull little by little, the traditional way. It wasn't until most of the lower hull was complete that they began to use large modules in construction. This allowed for a linear and rapid pace of construction from steel cutting to completion.
In comparison, the JN shipyard will use a relatively modern technique. First, basic parts and small modules will be laid down and assembled, followed by medium-sized modules, and finally, the massive ones that you see in the construction of large civilian vessels where entire pre-fabricated segments are moved into place.
My understanding is that, compared to DL, initial pace of construction of the 003 will be slower as we're only just seeing the little basic pieces being prepared, while the major modules are not yet ready. Once we see the first big hulks of steel appear sometime in 2019, that's when we know that everything is coming together.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
I doubt that
Carrier construction requires large blocks there is no small ones, for the lower part block construction you will have the biggest blocks
if the 80,000 ton mark is the final weight of 003 some of these lower blocks will weight over 10,000 tons that's like lifting a entire Type 055
these days with module construction they will first lay that into the dry dock and I cant image it will be small and call it keel laying and to me that looks like a front end lower block
Intrepid
Major
These are unrealistic numbers. As an example: CVN 78 Ford was composed of 162 so-called "superlifts", the heaviest weighed 1050 tons (which is the maximum load capacity of the huge gantry crane).