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Parked at Dalian naval port, eh? Isn't it parked near TianJin and open for display? I remeber seeing it anchored and there were people there selling tickets, my grandma went to see it at an office reunion a while back. edit - oops, that's Kiev

You are confusing the ex-Varyag second hull of the Kuznetsov class carriers with a Kiev class carrier sold to China to be converted into a tourist attraction.Fedoroff (talk) 16:24, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The name of this article needs to change as it is no longer the Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag but is now the "former Soviet aricraft carrier Varyag, now PLAN vessel of unknown name" The beginning of the article should be current and reflect Chinese military ownership of the vessel. --Devin

Indeed an interesting story! Any reports in what has happened since the beginning of November? --Anders Törlind

I can't find any, which I find both surprising and frustrating. The hulk should be at the Suez canal by now, transit of which I would guess to be an operation almost as complex as the passage through Istanbul -- but I can't find anything!

One important fact that I didn't know where to put is that just because a tourist company is controlled by the PLAN doesn't mean that it isn't a real tourist company. The PLA ran a whole series of businesses in the 1990's. Most of those have been spun off.

This fact seems to have been incorporated.

Personally, I think that the people who bought the carrier really do want to turn it into a floating casino. If the PLAN gets to look at it while it gets turned into a casino, so much the better.

Where do you think they are they going to put it? (I'm not arguing, just wondering what you think.)

Something else that probably deserves mentioning is that in the late-1990's, a Chinese shipping company got a contract to salvage an Australian carrier, and reportedly, PLAN officers were all over the carrier as it was being disassembled.

Get the details, create another article, add links!

Why is this article called Soviet aircraft carrier Varyag instead of Varyag?

Because Varyag was to be a Kuznetsov-class multirole aircraft carrier. She was known as Riga when her keel was laid down at Nikolayev South (formerly Shipyard 444) on December 6, 1985, and she was launched on December 4, 1988, but she was renamed Varyag in late 1990.

... And because there are many Varyags.Mikkalai 07:16, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

In keeping with Wiki' naming convention shouldn't this be Varyag (Soviet aircraft carrier)? -- stewacide 07:25, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

No. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Ship names. Mikkalai 07:51, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Cost

The 20 million figure must be wrong it is most likely 200 million or 2 billion because 20 million is less then a rich mans yacht costs Deng 2005-1130 17.25 CET

No, the price tag is correct if strategycenter.net, defense.mil, and globalsecurity.org reported the price tag as $20 million. (Psychoneko 02:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC))[reply]

No way it's $2bil, Deng. That's much of the way to a brand new Nimitz. Even $200mil seems high. Keep in mind that we're mostly talking about a vehicle capable of doing nothing more but sailing to be scrapped. That rich man's yacht that you refer to would have functioning engines and radar. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 08:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For 20 mil, I think that's pretty darn cheap for a aircraft carrier. Yongke 14:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, $20 mil pretty much covered the costs of the Varyag's hull without any systems. The Varyag at the time of the sale was literally a floating piece of scrap metal. The other reason for the low price tag also has to do with the fact that the Varyag is considered to be a medium-weight carrier (roughly ~60,000 tons of displacement as opposed to the US Nimitz-class carriers of ~100,000 tons displacement). The tons of displacement refer to full-operational displacement. Fully outfitting the Varyag with propulsions and a full electronic and defensive suite would see an exponential increase on the price tag. (Psychoneko 08:38, 14 March 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Its only scrap value. 35.000 tons of steel worth about 20 milions of dollars. Real value is intelectual property which can be obtained by studying this vessel. Lots of RnD went in this hull. Its like US Army decied to sold USS Nimitz hull for its scrap value. 213.137.115.235 01:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed operation statement

I left in the statement that the ship was painted grey but took out the statement about it confirming plans to make the ship operational by 2010.

Roadrunner 19:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citation for Varyag being used by the PLAN

Here is a link from strategycenter.net regarding the confirmation of the Varyag sporting PLAN navy grey colours: http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.97/pub_detail.asp (Psychoneko 21:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Here's another strategycenter.net link for citation purposes: http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.87/pub_detail.asp (Psychoneko 02:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Shi Lang / 83

Added provisional name of Shi Lang and pennant number 83. The name has been floating around for months and Janes have added this to JFS in the Jan 2007 update. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Koxinga CDF (talk • contribs) 13:41, 4 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Weapons and Stats section

Assuming if the PLAN re-fit this ship for training or operation at sea, it's very unlikely that they'd import and install the same weapons suite as originally intended for this ship. I think the weapons section should probably be listed as "Currently none" or something similar. -- Adeptitus 20:40, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PLAN has been asking quotation from russian manufacturer on carriers parts like arresting cables. but it is questionable if they are going to arm the ship if it is intended only of training and evaluation. Akinkhoo 07:23, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Page move

I think that the title "Soviet aircraft Varyag" should be renamed to "Aircraft carrier Varyag". Although built by the Soviets it is now currently in the PRC apparently being rebuilt for the PLAN. It would be more appropriate to drop the expired national term.

If there are any objections or other suggestions, please put them down here. Otherwise I will rename the article next time I come across it. John Smith's (talk) 22:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Until there is Chinese official confirmation of the new name, it would be silly to move it, just to move it again. Let's wait until Shi Lang is confirmed, then maybe a new article can be started or this can be moved to 'Chinese aircraft carrier Shi Lang'. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd recommend following the pattern of the Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov page. That page covered all the history of the ship up until the Indian Navy actually purchased it. A new page was created when the IN assigned it a new name, INS Vikramaditya. I'd recommend following that pattern here, with some overlap on both pages covering its term as a floating hulk. - BillCJ (talk) 19:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

She ?

Why the use of she for an object ??? 74.58.2.199 (talk) 08:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's a stylistic figure of speech. The article should probably be edited to use something more appropriate. Darthveda (talk) 21:04, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The use in English of feminine pronouns for ships is an old and continuing naval tradition. While not everyone agrees with the use of "she" for ships in formal writing (myself included), it is allowed per WP:MILMOS#Pronouns, and thus not inappropriate. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Archive 74#Military History Manual of Style amendment for the most recent duscussions on the issue. - BillCJ (talk) 22:05, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copy of flight deck of Varyag built in Wuhan

Information is appearing on the Internet that the roof of a building at Wuhan’s Ship Research Center appears to be a scale mock up of the flight deck of Varyag.

The purpose of this is currently unclear.

http://shanghaiist.com/2009/10/19/wuhan_builds_a_cement_aircraft_carr.php http://www.chinasmack.com/pictures/concrete-aircraft-carrier-building-wuhan/

86.4.186.90 (talk) 16:36, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Style

Since when is every article hand-patched by spaces and whatnot? Please follow the normal style. --91.55.211.58 (talk) 00:52, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]