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The hulk of the Varyag, the future Liaoning, under tow in Istanbul in 2001. |
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| Name: | Liaoning (Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军辽宁舰) |
| Namesake: | Liaoning Province, China |
| Builder: | Nikolayev South Designer: Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau Fit-out: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company |
| Laid down: | December 6, 1985 |
| Launched: | December 4, 1988 |
| Completed: | 2011 |
| Commissioned: | September 25, 2012 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics are for the Varyag as originally designed | |
| Class & type: | Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | 53,000 to 55,000 t (52,000 to 54,000 long tons) standard 66,000 to 67,500 t (65,000 to 66,400 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 304.5 m (999 ft) o/a 270 m (890 ft) w/l |
| Beam: | 75 m (246 ft) o/a 38 m (125 ft) w/l |
| Draft: | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Propulsion: | (Before stripping in Ukraine) Steam turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 200,000 hp (150 MW) 2 × 50,000 hp (37 MW) turbines 9 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) turbogenerators 6 × 2,011 hp (1,500 kW) diesel generators 4 × fixed pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (Before engines removed in Ukraine) |
| Range: | 3,850 nautical miles (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 32 knots (Before engines removed in Ukraine) |
| Endurance: | 45 days |
| Complement: | 1,960 crew 626 air group 40 flag staff 3,857 rooms |
| Armament: | After refit: • 3 x Type 1030 CIWS • 3 x FL-3000N (18 Cell Missile system) • 2 x ASW 12 tube rocket launchers As designed: • 8 × AK-630 AA guns (6×30 mm, 6,000 round/min/mount, 24,000 rounds) • 8 × CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS (each 2 × 30 mm Gatling AA plus 16 3K87 Kortik SAM) • 12 × P-700 Granit SSM • 18 × 8-cell 3K95 Kinzhal SAM VLS (192 vertical launch missiles; 1 missile per 3 seconds) • RBU-12000 UDAV-1 ASW rocket launchers (60 rockets) |
| Aircraft carried: | Shenyang J-15 Changhe Z-8 Ka-31 As designed: × 30 fixed wing aircraft[1] × 24 helicopters |