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USS Gerald R Ford Reaches A Construction Milestone
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Posted on 05/27/2012 9:06:09 PM PDT by moonshot925
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To: moonshot925
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posted on
05/27/2012 9:19:43 PM PDT
by
Wingy
(Don't blame me. I voted for the chick. I hope to do so again.)
To: moonshot925
120524-N-ZZ999-003 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 24, 2012) The final keel section of the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is lowered into place at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. The 680-metric-ton, 60-foot-tall lower bow unit was joined to the other keel sections and was the last major section of the ship installed below the waterline. Gerald R. Ford is now more than 75 percent structurally complete in the dry dock, and is on schedule to launch in 2013. The ship is scheduled to be delivered to the fleet in 2015. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Ricky Thompson Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding Division/Released)
120524-N-ZZ999-004 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 24, 2012) The final keel section of the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is lowered into place at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. The 680-metric-ton, 60-foot-tall lower bow unit was joined to the other keel sections and was the last major section of the ship installed below the waterline. Gerald R. Ford is now more than 75 percent structurally complete in the dry dock, and is on schedule to launch in 2013. The ship is scheduled to be delivered to the fleet in 2015. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Ricky Thompson Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding Division/Released)
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posted on
05/27/2012 9:19:52 PM PDT
by
A.A. Cunningham
(Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
To: A.A. Cunningham
Currently being assembled in Newport News, Virginia, the Ford-class will replace the Nimitz-class carriers and will include an array of new technology.
Advanced arresting gear used to grab planes as they land on the deck.
Automation, which reduces crew requirements by several hundred from the Nimitz class carrier.
The updated RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile system.
AN/SPY-3 dual-band radar (DBR), as developed for Zumwalt class destroyers.
An Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) in place of traditional steam catapults for launching aircraft.
A new nuclear reactor design (the A1B reactor) for greater power generation.
Stealthier features to help reduce radar profile.
The ability to launch the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler, and the F-35C Lightning II.
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To: Vroomfondel
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posted on
05/27/2012 9:47:05 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: moonshot925
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posted on
05/27/2012 9:49:19 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Aren’t we all looking forward to the USS Barraqa Hussein Obama?
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posted on
05/27/2012 9:56:35 PM PDT
by
AlmaKing
To: AlmaKing
I thought i’d be the Travon Martin.
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posted on
05/27/2012 10:12:15 PM PDT
by
Iron head mike
(The government will soon make criminals of us all.)
To: AlmaKing
“Arent we all looking forward to the USS Barraqa Hussein Obama?”
Yes, but it won’t be flying a US Flag.
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posted on
05/27/2012 10:14:51 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
To: moonshot925
Carriers with bulbous bows have achieve about 12 to 15 percent increased fuel efficiency than vessels without them.
EXCELLENT! Increased fuel efficiency means longer range while pursuing America's enemies and ultimately blasting them to Hell as the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford does more to be environmentally friendly.
(how 'bout that you envirowackos? lol)
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posted on
05/27/2012 10:17:17 PM PDT
by
mkjessup
(Eternal Vigilance (aka FReeper Tom Hoefling) has my vote for President in 2012.)
To: AlmaKing
Arent we all looking forward to the USS Barraqa Hussein Obama? Actually this was considered, but as a test the Navy put a rowboat of the same name into the Potomac in Washington DC and due to unknown forces it was impossible to change the direction of the rowboat from its vector of 56.622857 degrees. When the Navy changed the name of the rowboat to "George Washington crossing the Trenton," the said same vessel became a warrior to be feared by its enemies
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posted on
05/27/2012 10:27:28 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
To: moonshot925
I wish I was 35 years younger!
I’d be proud to serve this boat...
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posted on
05/27/2012 10:32:56 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
(I hate pragmatists!)
To: mkjessup
EXCELLENT! Increased fuel efficiency means longer range while pursuing America's enemies and ultimately blasting them to Hell as the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford does more to be environmentally friendly.LOL It's a nuke. Why would it matter?
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posted on
05/27/2012 10:44:16 PM PDT
by
cva66snipe
(Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
To: mkjessup
The 2 A1B nuclear reactors on the Gerald R. Ford class can produce 485 MW of power. The 2 A4W nuclear reactors on the Nimitz can produce 208 MW of power. So the Gerald R. Ford class can produce 135% more power than the Nimitz class.
To: cva66snipe
Power:
Nimitz class = 208 MW
Ford class = 600 MW
The Ford class will produce 3 times the power.
Complement:
Nimitz class = 5,680
Ford class = 4,660
The Ford class will have a smaller crew thanks to automation.
Ford class armament:
- 2 x 16 RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Launchers (32 missiles)
- 2 x 21 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Launchers(42 missiles)
- 2 x 20mm Phalynx CIWS
- 4 x .50 cal MG
To: moonshot925
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posted on
05/28/2012 1:46:09 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: AlmaKing
I am sure it would sink to the bottom when they tried to float it out of the dock.
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posted on
05/28/2012 1:55:12 AM PDT
by
she geek
To: she geek
Clarification the Obama would sink when they tried to float it not the Ford.
Also the bulbous bow has been used before, it isn’t something new to carriers.
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posted on
05/28/2012 1:59:24 AM PDT
by
she geek
To: moonshot925
Fuel efficiency?The damned carrier is nuclear powered so why should fuel efficiency matter?
If anything is a benefit of a now of that design it should be an increase in forward speed.
I think your average nuclear carrier is refueled every 20 years or so.It maybe even longer between refuelings.
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posted on
05/28/2012 3:32:07 AM PDT
by
puppypusher
(The World is going to the dogs.)
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