More than 80,000 tons of platforms, or 90,000 tons of aviation ships, have begun to dismantle the surface of the "vegetable greenhouse", and the large floor-to-ceiling windows on the ship island have also been completely installed in place. This indicates that the official maiden voyage has entered the countdown to a few times. Just a quick draw of the various marking lines of the deck can raise the signal flag. Of course, this painting deck is temporary; Because there is also an anti-slip wear-resistant coating with a thickness of about 10 cm on the surface, no application has been carried out. This coating required several sea trials to prove that the hull was completely fine, and there was no need to cut and perfect all parts of the flight deck; will return to the original factory for coating application; After the coating is finally completed, it can be officially delivered. After the official delivery, the take-off and landing tests of carrier-based aircraft were carried out, and finally the combat effectiveness was quickly formed. From the launch on June 17 last year, the maiden voyage began as soon as early August this year; Many people still feel slow, in fact, this is already more than 80,000 tons in the world,
A new world record for outfitting speed on a regular large aviation platform. There is a current buzzword called: It's all about peers. In fact, the comprehensive level of construction, outfitting and testing of the 90,000-ton new ship to the final entry into service can be completely compared by the Ford-class aircraft carrier of the superpower navy as the counterpart of the superpower navy today. Some people think that since it is also "Fu" generation. So take the Ford-class's lead ship, the Ford, for a horizontal comparison. In fact, it is a little inappropriate to compare the Ford, mainly because the construction time of the two is almost more than 10 years apart. The Ford was the first steel plate to be cut at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dockyard Company on August 11, 2005, docked for the first time on November 13, 2009 for the first time to lay the keel section, officially launched on November 9, 2013, began its maiden voyage test on April 8, 2017, and officially announced its entry into service with the U.S. Navy on July 22, 2017. But even today, six years later, the Ford, as the lead ship, still has not formed a credible combat effectiveness.
It is equivalent to saying that in 2025, 1 and a half years later, the steel plate life of the Ford has reached 20 years. Almost 40% of the life of the entire hull steel plate has been consumed. And it will be overhauled at the dock starting in 2025, and this will not be able to come out for at least seven or eight years. It is equivalent to having retired half-inside before officially taking up the post. And when the Ford cut the first hull steel plate, the semi-finished product called the Varyag had just decided to continue construction. Therefore, if you directly compare the Ford with today's 90,000-ton platform, it seems to be significantly worse than the year. Although both are blessings, this is just a coincidence. However, it is relatively appropriate to compare the No. 2 ship of the Ford-class. On February 25, 2011, CVN79 held a ceremony to "cut the first steel plate" and officially began construction. On August 26, 2015, the second-generation "Kennedy" began to dock and lay the keel section. On December 7, 2019, it was officially outdated. But 3 and a half years have passed. The Ford 2 showed no signs of completion, but became the lead ship;
Suppliers of spare parts, which are not expected to make their maiden voyage until 2025. The platform of more than 80,000 tons is likely to start cutting steel plates in 2015, but it has stagnated for more than 1 year in the middle for steaming and electricity, and even enlarged the tonnage; By 2025, combat effectiveness will be formed ironclad. In this way, 2 Ford-class ships are two living treasures!