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USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. 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. [17]
The Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are currently being constructed for the United States Navy, which intends to eventually acquire ten of these ships in order to replace current carriers on a one-for-one basis, starting with the lead ship of her class, Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), replacing Enterprise (CVN-65), and later the Nimitz-class carriers.
On 2 May 2023, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and Carrier Strike Group 12 departed Norfolk for a routine deployment. [191] On 8 October 2023, the day after the Hamas attack on Israel, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, directed the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean "to bolster regional deterrence efforts ...
The USS Gerald R. Ford is one of the world's largest aircraft carriers and is the latest and most cutting-edge aircraft carrier in the United States. It was already in the Mediterranean ...
The USS Gerald R. Ford, and the strike group bearing its name, are set to return Saturday to Naval Station Norfolk. The Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier deployed for the first time on ...
The USS Gerald R. Ford’s first deployment was postponed due to severe weather forecasted for Hampton Roads as a nor’easter looms to the south. The Navy’s newest carrier, which was years late ...
With the ten-ship Nimitz class complete by 2009, October 2013 saw the launch of Gerald R. Ford, lead ship of the planned ten-ship Gerald R. Ford class. This was followed by the launch of John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) in October 2019, while construction is underway on Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller (CVN-81) .
The USS Gerald R. Ford is slated to deploy Tuesday, one day after its original scheduled deployment was postponed due to gusty winds and dangerous seas in the forecast. The Navy’s most ...