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bd popeye said:

Navy Trivia...What was the last carrier, CV or CVN, not an LHA or LHD to visit Fleet Week in NYC?

Do ya know? without looking it up? I do...

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New York (May 25, 2005) - Service members from the Coast Guard and Marine Corps aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker render honors to USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) as it travels up the Hudson river during the Fleet Week Parade of Ships. The Kennedy will be moored at Manhattan's west-side piers until June 1 and will be open for public tours. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Daniel S. Bender (RELEASED)

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SASEBO, Japan (May 25, 2017) The color guard present the colors during a change of command ceremony for the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9). Lt. Cmdr. Brett Jasionowski relieved Lt. Cmdr. Scott Jones as commanding officer of the ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Crouch/Released)

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KHANH HOA, Vietnam (May 25, 2017) Steelworker 3rd Class Roy Hughes, assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1, cuts roofing materials at Hoa Mi Kindergarten School during Pacific Partnership 2017 in Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific and aims to enhance regional coordination in areas such as medical readiness and preparedness for manmade and natural disasters. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Fulton/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 25, 2017) Sailors assigned to the Pre-Commissioning Unit aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) scrub the flight deck after an aqueous film forming foam wash down during acceptance trials. The ship is underway conducting comprehensive tests of many of the ship's key systems and technologies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ruben Reed/Released)

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WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (May 21, 2017) Sailors move a MK 82 500lb bomb configured as a GBU-54 onto an ordnance assembly table during a mobile ordnance training team exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The training teaches aviation ordnancemen how to safely handle, assemble, disassemble, test, and stow ordnance. Ronald Reagan is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, providing a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Brandon Martin/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 25, 2017) Personnel Specialist 3rd Class Raksmie Heng, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), demonstrates a traditional Cambodian dance during an Asian-American History Month celebration held on the ship's mess decks. Iwo Jima is conducting routine operations at sea following the completion of a continuous maintenance availability period. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daniel C. Coxwest/Released)

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Future USS Gerald R. Ford Returns From Acceptance Trials

The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed acceptance trials conducted by the U.S. Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) in the Atlantic Ocean May 24-26 and is in final preparations for delivery.

Acceptance trials are primarily aimed at demonstrating to INSURV the ability of the ship's crew to conduct operations at sea, and that the ship is constructed in accordance with contract specifications.

Footage of Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) on the second day of acceptance trials.
Acceptance trials are primarily aimed at demonstrating to INSURV the ability of the ship's crew to conduct operations at sea, and that the ship is constructed in accordance with contract specifications.

"Congratulations to our Navy and industry team for all the great work that has led us to this exciting milestone," said Rear Adm. Brian Antonio, program executive officer for aircraft carriers. "As a result of much dedication and hard work, delivery of CVN 78 is close at hand, and we are looking forward to commissioning the ship into the fleet this summer."

Prior to the underway period, INSURV conducted a rigorous set of pierside trials, including more than 200 in-port demonstrations and inspections. The three-day at-sea portion of acceptance trials also included more than 500 INSURV demonstrations and inspections of the ship's hull, mechanical and electrical systems.

The Navy's Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair is responsible for ensuring the ship's readiness for acceptance trials and presenting the ship to INSURV. The ship's crew is responsible for operating the ship and conducting tests and demonstrations. INSURV oversees and witnesses the execution of the acceptance trials schedule.

CVN 78 is the lead ship in the Ford class of aircraft carriers, the U.S. Navy's first new aircraft carrier design in more than 40 years, which will begin the phased replacement of Nimitz-class carriers when the ship is commissioned. CVN 78 is designed with significant quality-of-life improvements and reduced maintenance requirements. Several new technologies, such as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, Advanced Arresting Gear, and Dual Band Radar have been incorporated into the Ford's design. These innovations are expected to improve operational availability and capability, and reduce total ownership cost over its 50-year service life by nearly $4 billion compared with Nimitz-class carriers. CVN 78 honors the 38th president of the United States and pays tribute to his lifetime of service to the nation in the Navy and in the U.S. government.

Construction of CVN 78 has been ongoing since 2008, with the island landed in January 2013. The ship was christened in November 2013 by the ship's sponsor, Susan Ford Bales, daughter of President Ford. The ship's crew conducted a pierside "fast cruise" in March 2017, and builder's sea trials occurred in April 2017.

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WASHINGTON approaching

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Naval Base 30 March as she headed out for trials

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Washington (SSN 787) delivered to the Navy

The Navy accepted delivery of Washington (SSN 787), the 14th submarine of the Virginia-class, May 26. Washington is the fourth of eight Virginia-class Block III submarines and the seventh of the class to be delivered to the Navy by Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. Washington began construction in September 2011 and will be commissioned later this year in Norfolk, Virginia. The submarine's sponsor is Elisabeth Mabus, daughter of the 75th Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.

"Washington's delivery continues our commitment to deliver Virginia-class submarines within budget and ready to deploy and execute Fleet tasking," said Capt. Mike Stevens, Virginia-class Submarine Program Manager."

Washington will be the third U.S. Navy ship, and first submarine, to be commissioned with a name honoring the State of Washington. The previous two ships were an armored cruiser, (ACR-11), which served under the name from 1905 to 1916, and a World War II battleship (BB-56), decommissioned in 1947.

Washington successfully completed the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) trials earlier this month receiving a score of 96 out of 100, the highest score to date on any new construction Virginia-class submarine. The INSURV board conducts acceptance trials of ships and service craft for the purpose of determining the quality of construction, compliance with specifications and Navy requirements.

Block III submarines feature a redesigned bow, which replaces 12 individual launch tubes with two large-diameter Virginia Payload Tubes, each capable of launching six Tomahawk cruise missiles. This, among other design changes, reduced the submarines' acquisition cost while maintaining their outstanding warfighting capabilities.

Virginia-class submarines are built to operate in the world's littoral and deep waters while conducting anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface ship warfare; strike warfare; special operation forces support; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; irregular warfare; and mine warfare missions. Their inherent stealth, endurance, mobility, and firepower directly enable them to support five of the six maritime strategy core capabilities - sea control, power projection, forward presence, maritime security, and deterrence.

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bd popeye said:

Jeff you are correct. The JFK was the last CV to be at the NYC Fleet Week. That was in 2005. I rummaged through 52 pages of USN Fleet Week NYC to check that fact against my head knowledge.

Maybe a Nimitz class will make the journey someday.

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