In recent years, with the improvement of China's shipbuilding capacity, the United States has also begun to feel pressure, and even began to speed up the construction of ships, increase the number of aircraft carriers and ship orders, and even appeared for the first time last year, the total tonnage of warships built by the Navy surpassed China's momentum. It is enough to see that the United States is also a little anxious, although the shipbuilding capacity of the United States cannot cope with so many orders, and the shipbuilding orders of the United States military are all superimposed data, and the real shipbuilding will have to wait until a few years later.
In the past 10 years or so, the mainland navy has launched 150,000 to 200,000 tons of ships of various kinds every year, and this powerful shipbuilding strength has made the world envious.
What is the state of ship construction in the Chinese and US navies in 2024, the number that can be delivered, and what is the scale?
The USS Ford aircraft carrier No. 2 built by the United States has been preliminarily completed, and the No. 3 ship of the Ford aircraft carrier still uses the name of the Enterprise, in fact, the USS Ford aircraft carrier, which is the first aircraft carrier in service in the United States and has been in service for more than half a century, has been decommissioned and queued up to deal with nuclear power reactors, and it is expected that it will be preliminarily queued up until 2034 to achieve real decommissioning.
USS Ford No. 2 ship, with a displacement of 120,000 tons, is waiting for the delivery time, and the electromagnetic catapult system has been installed, but the test work and other installation and commissioning, there are still many that have not been completed, and the delivery may be very small within this year, and it is expected that there will be others. In fact, American shipbuilding is also inadequate, and the construction capacity of shipyards is also challenged and tested by new technology. Of the large shipyards that can build aircraft carriers, there is only one Newport News left.
So what are the ships delivered by the United States so far? This year, the U.S. Navy will deliver 12 ships, with a total tonnage of about 260,000 tons.
The 90,000-ton Pule base ship, the 2,500-ton "Kadi" transport ship.
The 25,000-ton San Antonio landing ship has been able to deliver 117,000 tons so far, and the ships waiting to be delivered will be delivered within this year, and there are two Freedom-class combat ships with a displacement of 3,000 tons.
The Arleigh Burke destroyer with a displacement of 9,000 tons is expected to be completed in 2 units. The destroyer USS Stevens, also of the Ali Burke type, has a displacement of 7,800 tons, in addition to an attack nuclear submarine with a displacement of 7,800 tons.
In addition, the U.S. Navy will build a 50,000-ton supply ship and a 46,000-ton amphibious assault ship. In total, at least 12 warships will be delivered, and it seems that the US military is also making efforts in shipbuilding and is trying to increase the number of ships in the navy.
How many ships will China deliver during the year?
The mainland official did not indicate how many ships to be delivered, but from the current point of view, there are multiple types of ships under construction on the mainland, such as the 075 amphibious assault ship, 40,000 tons, at least one can be delivered. The classic 052D destroyer, with a displacement of 7,500 tons, can be built with 4 ships, and the Type 054B frigate, with a displacement of 6,000 tons, is expected to be completed with about 2 ships.
The Fujian aircraft carrier, which has just completed sea trials, has a displacement of about 80,000 tons, and it is not known whether all the preparatory work will be completed before the end of this year, and the time will be delivered ahead of schedule. The Navy is also actively building Type 095 nuclear submarines, as well as Type 096 new nuclear submarines with a displacement of 10,000 tons.
The new batch of 0.55 million tons of drive, the construction of the frame of 4 ships, has been launched and outfitting has begun. The construction of the other four ships is under intense construction, and it is not known whether the basic construction work will be completed by the end of this year. If upgraded, the displacement will be around 15,000 tons.
The 901 supply ship is also under construction with a displacement of 48,000 tons. The fact that these ships can be built as planned will drive the speed of deliveries of Navy ships this year. The construction plan of about 11 ships that are expected to be built can actually be completed this year, and the total tonnage of ships that can be delivered to the list is about 200,000 tons, and the ship class will include first-class, second-class and third-class ships plus nuclear submarines.
The Chinese Navy has strong shipbuilding capabilities, and its research and development capabilities are even more powerful, but the Chinese Navy has gradually slowed down the pace of shipbuilding in the past two years, and this year, it seems that the tonnage of ships expected to be delivered may still be slightly less than that of the United States.
In fact, in the field of ship construction, the Chinese Navy is not in a hurry to pursue a leading position in terms of tonnage and total volume, but pays more attention to quality and research and development strength, and builds ships with more high-tech support and more intelligent and information-based combat strength.
The difference between the Chinese and American navies is also shrinking rapidly. At present, the total tonnage of the mainland navy has reached 2.9 million tons, and the total tonnage of ships of the US Navy ranks first at 5.7 million tons.
China's shipbuilding still has a lot of room to catch up, and it also has a very strong development potential, and the comprehensive development of the Chinese Navy will also make more remarkable achievements and become a team with more defensive and countermeasure capabilities.