Liaoning (Type 001 aircraft carrier)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Liaoning_(Type_001_aircraft_carrier)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Aircraft carrier
Type 001 aircraft carrier
gptkbp:acquiredByChina 1998
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:Changhe_Z-18
gptkb:Harbin_Z-9
gptkb:Shenyang_J-15
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Type_1130_CIWS
HQ-10 missile system
Type 726-4 decoy rocket launchers
gptkbp:beam 75 meters
gptkbp:builder Black Sea Shipyard, Mykolaiv, Ukraine
gptkbp:class gptkb:Kuznetsov-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 25 September 2012
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:China
gptkbp:crew about 1,960
gptkbp:displacement about 58,600 tons (full load)
gptkbp:enteredServiceWithPLAN 2012
gptkbp:flag gptkb:China
gptkbp:flightDeck Ski-jump
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Qingdao_Naval_Base
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Liaoning (Type 001 aircraft carrier)
gptkbp:hullNumber 16
gptkbp:launched 4 December 1988
gptkbp:length 304.5 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Liaoning_Province
gptkbp:notableEvent First Chinese carrier to conduct carrier-based aircraft takeoffs and landings
First aircraft carrier commissioned by China
gptkbp:operator gptkb:People's_Liberation_Army_Navy
gptkbp:originallyBuiltAs gptkb:Soviet_Navy
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:Riga
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Varyag
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:refitLocation Dalian Shipyard, China
gptkbp:refitPeriod 2005–2012
gptkbp:role Training and experimentation
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Admiral_Kuznetsov
gptkbp:speed 32 knots (maximum)
gptkbp:status Active
gptkbp:women's_wing about 626
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Varyag
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7