The U.S. has purchased and leased some catamaran ships, but nothing nearly the size of the proposed Russian aircraft carrier. The HSV 2 in the photo has a displacement of less than 5 percent the size of the Russian design. (U.S. Navy)
TASS: Russia's ship design bureau comes up with catamaran aircraft carrier concept
The manufacturer stated that the ship’s underwater part is the project's 'key distinguishing feature'
MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. The Krylov State Research Center has come up with a fundamentally new design concept of what may become Russia’s future semi-catamaran aircraft carrier, the center’s spokesman told TASS.
The model of a future non-nuclear multirole aircraft carrier was presented for the first time at the Army-2018 forum at the end of August. The proposed project has no name yet.
"The semi-catamaran design of the ship’s underwater part is the project’s key distinguishing feature," the spokesman said.
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Update: Russia is proposing a revolutionary catamaran carrier (We Are The Mighty)
WNU Editor: I am skeptical that it will ever be built.
3 comments:
The purpose being? Sure, it could get closer to the coast as it requires less sea depth, but that would translate to typically 2-5 seconds flight time at most.
Make perfect sense, a catamaran should be able to achieve higher top speeds, more importantly it should unitize hydro foiling, rather then overcoming the water tension created by the vessel, the ship should be able to lift off the water and rely on underwater wings to keep it stable.
Uhmyeah but what about battle readiness? Aren't they more susceptible to mines as they don't have as thick hulls (or they'd be heavier yet)? And what about deep sea readiness in 50 foot waves? Aren't they typically restricted to coastal areas?
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