AAircraft carriers
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AAircraft carriers
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Chinese aircraft carrier Fujianlarger figure on 0 of 1
Nimitz-class aircraft carrierlarger figure on 1 of 1
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Measured figures
Length
Single source316 m (1,036 ft 9 in)[source]
Overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier |
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| Complement | — | Ship's company: 3,532 Air wing: 2,480[source] |
| Power | — | 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors ( HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)[source] |
| Name | Type 003[source] | Nimitz -class aircraft carrier[source] |
| Builders | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] | Newport News Shipbuilding Company[source] |
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Waterline
Single sourceOverall : 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline : 1,040 ft (317.0 m)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
People's Liberation Army Navy[source]
United States Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Type 002 Shandong[source] | Enterprise class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Type 004[source] | Gerald R. Ford class[source] |
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| Completed | 10[source] |
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| Active | 10[source] |
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| Namesake | Fujian province[source] | — |
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| Builder | Jiangnan Shipyard[source] | — |
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| Laid down | March 2015 – February 2016[source] | — |
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| Launched | 17 June 2022[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 November 2025[source] | — |
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| Motto | ( Simplified Chinese : 忠诚，精武，卓越，奋进)：Loyalty, Martial Proficiency, Excellence, Forging Ahead[source] | — |
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| Status | in active service[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Type 003 aircraft carrier[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Steam turbines[source] | — |
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| Armament | Six-tube 324 mm anti-torpedo torpedo (ATT) Type 1130 gun-based CIWS HHQ-10 missile-based CIWS[source] | 2–3 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 ESSM or RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles each 3–4 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 50+ aircraft: Fixed-wing: Shenyang J-35 carrier-based stealth multirole fighter Shenyang J-15T/DT carrier-based multirole fighter Xi'an KJ-600 carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) and cargo aircraft Helicopters: Harbin Z-20 family helicopters[source] | 85–90 fixed wing and helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar deck Electromagnetic catapults[source] | — |
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| National origin | China[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | China[source] | United States[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Theodore Roosevelt class and Ronald Reagan class[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$1.98 billion in 1975 ($11.4 billion in 2024)[source] |
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| Built | — | 1968–2006[source] |
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| In service | — | 1975–present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 3 May 1975–present[source] |
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| Type | — | Aircraft carrier[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9 B target acquisition radar AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 4 × Mk 95 radars[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures[source] |
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| Armor | — | 2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces[source] |
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