Supercarrier Uss Gerald R Ford

Ford class or ford class.

Supercarrier uss gerald r ford. Powered by two nuclear reactors it is longer than three football fields and displaces 100 000 tons. Ford cvn 78 is the newest full sized aircraft carrier to be contracted by the united states navy usn and represents a next generation supercarrier featuring advanced systems subsystems and onboard facilities to make her the most powerful surface warship on the high seas. The chairman of the senate armed services committee sharply criticized the navy s failures with the new uss gerald r. As of mid 2017 uss gerald r.

When the air wing is attached. Ford aircraft carrier saying that these missteps ought to be criminal. The uss gerald r. Previously known as cvn 21 class is a class of aircraft carrier being built to replace uss enterprise cvn 65 and eventually the united states navy s existing nimitz class carriers beginning with the delivery of uss gerald r.

The uss gerald r. Shipbuilders and sailors have fixed the propulsion plant problems on the uss gerald r. Ford cvn 78 is the lead ship of her class of united states navy aircraft carriers the ship is named after the 38th president of the united states gerald ford whose world war ii naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier monterey in the pacific theater. The keel for the us 12 8 billion aircraft carrier was laid down in 2009 and is the first new us aircraft carrier design in 40 years as well as the first in the gerald r.

Ford the first of a new class of supercarriers that is behind schedule over budget and still struggling. Construction began on 11 august 2005 when northrop grumman held a ceremonial steel cut for a 15.