1. Built in Ukraine

November 25, 1988, the Soviet Union's Black Sea shipyard for the "Varyag" aircraft carrier held a grand launching ceremony. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, "Varyag" aircraft carrier returned to Ukraine, during the period because of financial problems has been in a state of suspension, this time on the carrier part of the weapons have been dismantled. 1997 the end of the year, Ukraine took the initiative to the price of the hulk to China to promote the "Varyag" aircraft carrier The hull of the Varyag was sold to China at the end of 1997 at the price of a hulk.

2. To China

Early in the morning of June 14, 1999, the Macau company hired a tugboat from Holland International Transportation Contracts (HITC) to tow the Varyag carrier on its long voyage. In the Bosphorus Strait, the only exit of the Black Sea, the carrier Varyag was blocked by the Turkish government in the Black Sea and was forced to return to its original harbor. From then on, China and Turkey began a year and a half of negotiations.

In September 2001, Turkey allowed the carrier Varyag to pass through the Bosphorus. on November 1, in a tugboat towing and 12 rescue and firefighting ships, escorting and towing, into the long and narrow Bosphorus.

3. Renewal in China

March 3, 2002, after all the difficulties and dangers of the "Varyag" aircraft carrier arrived in Dalian. early August 2005, the "Varyag" aircraft carrier to the standard PLA Navy gray freshly painted In early August 2005, the carrier Varyag, freshly painted in standard PLA Navy gray, appeared at the berth of the 300,000-ton dock. Prior to that, in 2003 and 2004, she was in the renewal demonstration and technical research stage.

July 26, 2010 state, you can see the ship's island has been painted with navy gray paint, surrounded by scaffolding full of. Renewal work had previously been underway in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

4. Sea trials and commissioning

Satellite view of the sea trials of the carrier Varyag. From August 10, 2011, to August 30, 2012, the carrier Varyag successfully completed ten sea trials. on September 25, 2012, the carrier Varyag was handed over and commissioned as "On September 25, 2012, the Varyag was handed over to the Chinese Navy and named the Liaoning, with the port number 16, which means that it took China 16 years to complete this huge project from the time of the purchase agreement to the time of its reconstruction. At this point, the Liaoning has finally completed construction and is now officially in service.

Technical characteristics of aircraft carriers:

1. Ship structure

Liaoning ship below the flight deck has more than ten layers, into the third layer, feels like a maze, everywhere is a channel, compartment, the entire carrier inside the channel add up to the total length of dozens of kilometers, it can be imagined that the internal structure of the aircraft carrier is how complex. The Liaoning has more than 3,000 compartments and more than 1,000 people live inside them.

2. Power system

The original Varyag used 4 sets of TB-12 steam turbines, the predecessor of TB-12 is TB-8, and TB-8 happens to be the main engine of the domestically produced Type 051 destroyer, and the domestically produced model is 453 steam turbine.The power of the TB-8 is 36,000 hp, and in that year, the Type 051 destroyer used 2 sets of TB-8 steam turbines, which reached a rare high speed of 38 knots. a rare high speed of 38 knots, and the TB-12 was 45,000 hp.

3. Shipboard Weapons

After China purchased the ship, the anti-ship missile launchers were removed in a later refit project and modified for other uses. The ship is equipped with one 1130 coastal defense gun on each side of the stern, one 18-unit Red Flag-10 anti-aircraft missile launcher, one 24-barrel jamming launcher, and one 12-barrel anti-submarine rocket launcher; one coastal defense gun on the right side of the bow; and one 18-unit Red Flag-10 anti-aircraft missile launcher on the left side.

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