USS Carl Vinson heads back to…

April 9 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy said it ordered the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and support ships back to Korean waters amid rising tensions with North Korea. The carrier-led strike group left Singapore on Saturday and was scheduled to go to Australia. “U.S. Pacific Command ordered the Carl Vinson Strike Group north as a prudent measure to maintain readiness and presence in the Western Pacific,” Cmdr. Dave Benham, a spokesman for the command, said in a statement on Saturday. “Third Fleet ships operate forward with a purpose: to safeguard U.S. interests in the Western Pacific. The No. 1 threat in the region continues to be North Korea, due to its reckless, irresponsible, and destabilizing program of missile tests…
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Future USS Gerald R. Ford heads…

Please enable Javascript to watch this video NORFOLK, Va. – The Future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has left the Newport News Shipyard and is headed to sea for the very first time. The aircraft carrier is underway for its first set of sea trials, known as Builder’s Sea Trials. It provides an opportunity to test systems, components and compartments at sea. Over the next few days, Sailors from the Ford, shipbuilders from Newport News Shipbuilding, the Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Naval Sea Systems Command staff will be working side-by-side to test many of the ship’s systems and technologies. “The Navy and our industry partners are excited to have the future USS Gerald R. Ford underway under her…
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USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)…

APRIL 9, 2017 — Naval Sea Systems Command reports that the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway for its first set of sea trials: Builder’s Sea Trials (BST). Builder’s sea trials provide an opportunity to test systems, components and compartments at sea for the first time. Over the next several days, CVN 78 Sailors, shipbuilders from Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding and personnel from the Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Naval Sea Systems Command personnel will be working side-by-side testing many of the ship’s key systems and technologies. “The Navy and our industry partners are excited to have the future USS Gerald R. Ford underway under her own power for the first time, executing a…
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Future USS Gerald R. Ford Underway…

Printer-friendly version Story Number: NNS170408-02Release Date: 4/8/2017 5:17:00 PM From Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs WASHINGTON (NNS) — The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway for its first set of sea trials, known as Builder’s Sea Trials (BST). Builder’s sea trials provide an opportunity to test systems, components and compartments at sea for the first time. Over the next several days, CVN 78 Sailors, shipbuilders from Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS), the Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Naval Sea Systems Command personnel will be working side-by-side testing many of the ship’s key systems and technologies. „The Navy and our industry partners are excited to have the future USS Gerald R. Ford underway under…
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Sea trials begin for USS Gerald…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The U.S. Navy says the first of its new class of aircraft carriers has headed out to sea. The USS Gerald R. Ford embarked Saturday on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems. NEWPORT NEWS, VA – APRIL 8: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is seen underway on its own power for the first time on April 8, 2017 in Newport News, Virginia. The first-of-class ship — the first new U.S. aircraft carrier design in 40 years — will spend several days conducting builder’s sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship’s key systems and technologies. (Photo by…
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USS Gerald R Ford tested for…

About 5,000 shipbuilders have been involved in the construction of the Navy’s most expensive warship.The USS Gerald R. Ford will weigh almost 100,000 tonnes – or as much as 400 Statue of Libertys.The ship has a five-acre flight deck, and holds 4,660 personnel and 75 aircraft, and was designed completely using 3D computer modelling.It can reach speeds upwards of 30 knots (about 34 mph), and has more than 10,000,000 feet of electronic cable built in.There are two other ships in the Ford class: the USS John F. Kennedy and a new USS Enterprise – expected to be commissioned in 2020 and 2025 respectively. The total cost for the three vessels is estimated to be more than $43 billion.The giant warship…
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