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US Ford class

US Improved Nimitz class

Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered)

ships





  Specifications


100000full load (tn)
337length (m)
12draught (m)

2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm





  Shipyards


US Newport News Shipbuilding - 2



  List of Ships


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----USUS NavyCVN-79USS John F Kennedy
2017--USUS NavyCVN-78USS Gerald R FordNGRF - 78




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  Events


2008-sep-10OrderedOrdered US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford from Huntington Ingalls (Newport News)
2009-nov-13Laid downLaid down US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford at Newport News, Va.
2015-jun-05OrderedOrdered US CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy from Huntington Ingalls (Newport News)
2015-aug-22Laid downLaid down US CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy at Newport News, Va.
2017-apr-08TrialsTrials US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford
2017-jul-22CommissionedCommissioned US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford at Norfolk Naval Station
2019-dec-16LaunchedLaunched US CVN-79 USS John F Kennedy at Newport News
2022-oct-04DeploymentDeployment US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford departed NS Norfolk for maiden deployment. leading CSG-12 with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked, for North Atlantic.
2022-nov-14Port VisitPort Visit US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford called in at Portsmouth on maiden deployment. HSC-9, HSM-70 and other members of CVW-8 embarked.
2023-jun-26DeploymentDeployment US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford
2023-jul-31AircraftAircraft US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford flagship of CSG-12, with CVW-8 embarked. Hosted 1st British aircraft to land on, HMS Duncan Flight WIldcat HMA2, while in the Mediterannean Sea.
2023-oct-10DeploymentDeployment US CVN-78 USS Gerald R Ford diverted with CSG-12 and air wing, from planned visit to Marseilles to Eastern Mediterranean as contingency for Palestinian-Israeli crisis.









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