CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[Broccoli]

Brits claim their two island design has best of the both worlds but so far no one else is going with it.

 

[nlalyst]

Brits claim their two island design has best of the both worlds but so far no one else is going with it.

They chose two islands to maximize survivability. There is a gas turbine below each of the islands, and above the waterline.

There are two sets of power propulsion systems (a gas turbine and two diesel engines), located in different areas of the ship separated by watertight doors. This means there are also two exhaust stacks, one forward and one aft, which are masked within the twin islands. Survivability is increased further by the islands being designed with the capability to assume each other’s role in an emergency.”

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[Team Blue]

They chose two islands to maximize survivability. There is a gas turbine below each of the islands, and above the waterline.

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Yeah, everything about ship building is picking your tradeoffs with the limited space. Britain's decision makes sense given they can't just crank out carrier after carrier like the U.S. or China can if need be. Though it does assume if they aren't able to survive an attack on the first island they'd somehow survive an attack on the second. So it wouldn't be my pick but I can understand why they'd go with it.

 

[Intrepid]

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This sentence isn't true: "The Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers are the first carriers to incorporate a twin island design, which separates the running of the ship from the flying operations resulting in greater visibility of operations and increases survivability."

The first two carriers with two islands, forward with pilot house and aft with pri-fly, were CV-2 Lexington and CV-3 Saratoga.

 

[NiuBiDaRen]

Brits claim their two island design has best of the both worlds but so far no one else is going with it.

South Korea is building a twin island aircraft carrier.

 

[kentchang]

Brits claim their two island design has best of the both worlds but so far no one else is going with it.

the Koreans are. [Edit] Oops! I am late but I got a picture

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[windsclouds2030]

Oh guys no wonder this 003 thread is so merrier... from the extended take on the obsolete picture of CSSC to dual-island design to the South Korean endeavor to become a carrier-operating nation...

 

[KampfAlwin]

the Koreans are. [Edit] Oops! I am late but I got a picture

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There is also the Italian Navy Trieste with 2 islands. It's an LHD, but it carries F35Bs

 

[Deino]

Can we come back to the topic please!!?? There is a dedicated thread on all carriers, so either continue there or at least stop it here.

 

[Haot]

Shanghai's weather is not going to be good enough for a fair satellite pic, so we might have to wait for another week or so until the sunny days come.