US Navy Ford Class nuclear carriers
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Agreed... CVN-76 & CVN-77 were also delayed. In fact CVN-77 had to return to the shipyard for about six months after sea trails, commissioning & carrier qualifications.
Nothing new here..let's move along.
Eventually the ship will be in commission and serving with the US Navy.
Even with delays (which are not unusual for a first of class), the US Navy is moving forward with the Ford and you can bet that she will get to sea, sooner rather than later.
Naval Today said:
I wonder if the delay is from the high tech stuff (radars, Advanced Arresting Gear) or the more mundane things (wiring, etc). I haven't found any video of the AAG working with actual aircraft. This early dead load test on land (from General Atomics website) is the only thing I have ever seen and it isn't very interesting. I would think they have conducted aircraft arrestments by now.
Here you see US personnel installing a Phalanx 20mm CIWS and a RAM missile launcher on the new USS Gerald R. Ford.
Installing a Phalanx 20mm CIWS:
Installing a RAM missile launcer:
A RAM missile launcher installed:
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Installing a Phalanx 20mm CIWS:
Installing a RAM missile launcer:
A RAM missile launcher installed:
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Jura quoted you post here so we have all here with AAGS and EMALS 
Intresting and i am surprised thinking test with aircrafts had started to Lakehurst before enough long time finaly only with dead loads, then delay... but no grave Ford is in service for 2 years and normaly the job will be finished.
Very curious see a cat without steam, smell also but same noise
Notice : Right now EMALS tested on the Ford with dead load of 36 t this cat can catapult up to 45t with a speed of 55 kn to 200. Actual C-13-2 36t max then dead load of 36 t used...
See my post # 179
Intresting and i am surprised thinking test with aircrafts had started to Lakehurst before enough long time finaly only with dead loads, then delay... but no grave Ford is in service for 2 years and normaly the job will be finished.
Very curious see a cat without steam, smell also
but same noise Notice : Right now EMALS tested on the Ford with dead load of 36 t this cat can catapult up to 45t with a speed of 55 kn to 200. Actual C-13-2 36t max then dead load of 36 t used...
See my post # 179
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Jura The idiot
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Jura quoted you post here so we have all here with AAGS and EMALS
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well there's a thing about AAG:
"Full compatibility with CVN 68-class and CVN 78-class carriers"
and there's a comment on it in
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/aircraft-carriers-iii.t7304/page-45#post-366934
(I mean since 06:40 of the video)
but don't worry, I'm not going to pull this back to
Aircraft Carriers III