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| The USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier |
Quoted from Naval News, the Type-003 is comparable in size to the US Navy's Nimitz and Ford classes. The designs are also similar in many ways. At the same time, it is an evolution of the first two Chinese Navy (PLAN) aircraft carriers.
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Interestingly, it is also based on the ancient Soviet ship, the Kuznetsov, the Varyag. In fact, there are already two aircraft carriers based on this technology, namely the Type 001 Liaoning Class (CV-16) and the Type-002 Shandong Class Ship (Cv-17).
The most noticeable difference in the TIpe-003 is the switch from ski jump to catapult. Older carriers launched aircraft under their own power from the ramp in front of the flight deck.
Meanwhile, the Type-003 Class will have three catapults, much like the US Navy's aircraft carriers. The Type-003 carrier will be the newest and best carrier in China's service. It is thought he will carry the latest J-35 fighter, China's answer to the F-35C Lightning-II. Besides that, what do the Type 003 Classes have in common with the Nimitz Classes?
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| The USS Nimitz Aircraft Carrier |
Quoted from Naval Technology, the Nimitz-class carrier is the largest warship ever built until the USS Gerald R Ford was commissioned in 2017. With more than 6,000 personnel (crew and aircrew), this carrier has a displacement of 102,000 tons and a flight deck length. 332.9 m.
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Commissioned with the multi-mission attack/ASW role, first class, USS Nimitz, was commissioned in 1975. The last class, USS George HW Bush (CVN 77), was commissioned in January 2009. In addition, there was the USS Ford following in the carrier footsteps. Nimitz class.
Quoted from the National Interest, construction began in 2009 at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Virginia. This is the same location where Ford's predecessors were built. Indeed, the Ford class resembles the Nimitz ships in many ways. For example, its length is 1,106 feet versus the Nimitz's 1,092 feet.
Both classes weigh the same, about a hundred thousand tons fully loaded. The layout is also similar, with an island on the starboard side, four catapults and a tilted flight deck. These two ships are allegedly similar to China's Fujian ship. Moreover, China also stated that Fujian's size is many tons, making it allegedly the largest.
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