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🇨🇳 Type 003 Fujian
Naval · Çin Devlet Gemi İnşa Şirketi (CSSC) / Jiangnan Tersanesi · 2025
China's first domestically designed giant carrier with electromagnetic catapults; the world's largest conventional (non-nuclear) warship.
Specifications
- Class / Type: Type 003 — CATOBAR supercarrier (Fujian / CV-18)
- Full-load displacement: 80,000-85,000 t (largest conventional warship)
- Length: ~316 m
- Propulsion: Conventional steam turbine + diesel generators (NOT nuclear)
- Max speed: ~30 knots (~55 km/h)
- Catapults: 3× medium-voltage DC (MVDC) electromagnetic catapults (EMALS)
- Air wing: J-15T, J-35 (stealth fighter), KJ-600 AEW
- Crew: ~2,500
- Commissioned: 5 Nov 2025, Sanya/Hainan (Yulin Base)
Beats: Liaoning ve Shandong (ski-jump STOBAR; Fujian'ın EMALS'ı tam yüklü ağır uçak ve AEW fırlatabilir), Rus Admiral Kuznetsov (arızalı, ski-jump, AEW yok), Hindistan INS Vikrant (STOBAR, daha küçük hava unsuru)
Loses to: USS Gerald R. Ford (nükleer, sınırsız dayanıklılık, daha büyük hava unsuru ve sorti), Nimitz sınıfı (nükleer tahrik + onyıllara dayalı muharebe tecrübesi), ABD süper-gemi muharebe grubu (Aegis eskort + denizaltı katmanı)
Avoids nuclear cost with conventional propulsion while EMALS lets it project heavy/stealth aircraft launch capability into the Western Pacific.
Related systems
Related systems (Naval): TCG Anadolu, TF-2000, Atmaca, AKYA, ORKA, MARLİN SİDA, Hisar Sınıfı ADKG, MİLGEM, Reis Sınıfı, ULAQ