Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian
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Fujian (18; Chinese: 福建舰; pinyin: Fújiàn Jiàn), named after Fujian province, is the third aircraft carrier of the Chinese aircraft carrier programme and the first of the Type 003 class (NATO/OSD Fujian-class CV).[1] It is China's first indigenously designed carrier,[2] and its first capable of catapult-assisted take-offs (CATOBAR); previous Chinese carriers used ski-jumps (STOBAR).[3]
Class overview | |
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Name | Type 003 Fujian |
Builders | Jiangnan Shipyard |
Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy |
Preceded by | Type 002 Shandong |
Succeeded by | Type 004 |
Planned | 1 |
Building | 1 |
History | |
China | |
Name |
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Namesake | Fujian province |
Builder | Jiangnan Shipyard |
Laid down | March 2015 – February 2016 |
Launched | 17 June 2022 |
Status | Sea trials |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 003 aircraft carrier |
Displacement | Full load: 80,000–85,000 t (79,000–84,000 long tons) |
Length | Overall: 316 m (1,036 ft 9 in) |
Beam | Overall: 76 m (249 ft 4 in) |
Propulsion | Steam turbines |
Aircraft carried | 50+ |
Aviation facilities | Hangar deck |
Fujian was built by the Jiangnan Shipyard for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), launched on 17 June 2022, and started sea trials in May 2024.[4] In 2019, analyst Robert Farley believed that Fujian would be the "largest and most advanced aircraft carrier ever built outside the United States".[5]