The Chinese already build some ships in modules IIRC. Given that dry dock facilities with the size to build a carrier are a limited resource the modular construction makes sense to increase carrier production output given these limited facilities like @Anlsvrthng said. They should also reduce the time required to build the first unit compared to the regular construction method of building the ship in situ from the keel up. The risk is that it may make integration more difficult. But I do not expect this to be an issue with modern construction methods.
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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The latest figure I read is that the type 003 will have a displacement of 107,000-110,000 tons.
Intrepid
Major
It is getting more and more. Everybody who writes a new article about it puts 5000 tons on it
proelite
Junior Member
It is getting more and more. Everybody who writes a new article about it puts 5000 tons on it
Chinese Project Habakkuk is born.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
This monster will be mean
Isn't modular construction now the regular method?
It looks like China and the USA have both switched to modular construction in the naval shipbuilding realm. And they account for the majority of the world's naval shipbuilding.
Jura The idiot
General
what exactly do you mean by "modular" here?
one type of "modular" is
"Ingalls Shipbuilding uses modular construction techniques pioneered by the shipyard in the 1970s and refined over the years to maximize shipyard throughput."
Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers
another type of "modular" is what's inside
#2460 Higgle, Sunday at 6:01 PM
In addition to what others have already said regarding the lower effort required for wiring and piping, the modular construction method allows for different parts of the ship to be outsourced to different yards, versus a convential method which requires all parts to be assembled in the same yard.
See this infographic of the QE - different sections were built by different yards simultaneously, and then barged to Rosyth for final assembly.
I wouldn't know about China, but US shipyards don't scramble modules built all over the country (as the UK did with the QE-class)
yet another type of "modular" is
"Four of six core modules were built at Surabaya shipyard, while the remaining two were constructed and tested at Vlissingen shipyard in the Netherlands."
SIGMA 10514 PKR Guided-Missile Frigates, Indonesia
We even saw a slide of an internal presentation by the shipbuilder once here in the forum. I don't think Type 002 is 110000t.
It seemed only moderately larger than the Type 001A. The main focus seems be to demonstrate the catapult technology and gain experience with operations.
For this such a large vessel is unnecessary.
It seemed only moderately larger than the Type 001A. The main focus seems be to demonstrate the catapult technology and gain experience with operations.
For this such a large vessel is unnecessary.