New Chinease Aircraft Carrier Spotted

[Storm Force]

Where did this come from ???????

 

[Storm Force]

Another picture i find today

 

[TexasJohn]

It's an amusement park mock up...

 

[Pasban]

Tianjin Binhai Aircraft Carrier Theme Park, Bagua Beach, Binhai New District, Tianjin 304500, China

 

[Vassnti]

The Kiev was laid down on July 21, 1970 and launched on 26 December 1972. She was completed and commissioned on 28 December 1975, but officially entered service only in February 1977, after completing all trials. In 1976 she was moved from the Black Sea to her destination Severomorsk, as a part of the Northern Fleet. From 1977 till 1987, Kiev undertook 10 practice voyages to the Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. In March 1979 she undertook manoeuvres with her sistership Minsk on the Mediterranean. In October 1981 she was a flagship in great manoeuvres Zapad-81 on the Baltic Sea. From December 1982 to November 1984 she underwent an overhaul and modernization in Nikolayev. From 1985, the practice of operating Yakovlev Yak-38s in STOL mode instead of VTOL was introduced, allowing to increase aircraft payload and range, and a replacement of Kamov Ka-25 helicopters with Kamov Ka-27 started. In 1985 Kiev went back to the Northern Fleet. From 1987 she mainly stayed in Severomorsk. In December 1989 she was moved to a reserve. After a disintegration of the USSR, the ship was taken by Russia. Due to low military budget and worsening ship's condition, she was retired on 30 June 1993. As the building yard was located in the newly independent Ukraine, she could not be serviced.

In 1996 she was sold to a Chinese company, and has been part of the military theme park in Tianjin since 1 May 2004.

A little sad for a great ship to end up at a kiddy park.

 

[Chogy]

I doubt it is a kiddy-park... I'm suspecting it is more a museum/historical structure where people can view weaponry displays and such. There are numerous once-mighty U.S. warships on display here, going all the way back to the USS Constitution:

Better to be on display than cut up for scrap!

 

[Mirza Jatt]

lol..how many times this picture wil be posted.atleast thre threads running with the same topic and same picture.

 

[mjnaushad]

Its not original ...LOLzz

 

[Safriz]

I once saw USS Independence CV-62 when she was entering Port Klang in Malaysia..It was a grand sight.First a Navy destroyer entered the port ahead of the Aircraft carrier,then the aircraft carrier came with four helicopters hovering on her four corners.Then another destroyer behind the carrier.Soon after the carrier came alongside the dock,tens of buses entered the dock,and then it was a flood of human beings flowing out of the aircraft carrier and into the buses.Probably all of them went to Kualalampur for excursion.
I pestered the security guards to let me walk up the ship's gangway,so that i can have an unofficial visit,but they didn't allow me