Posted on Feb 8, 2016
Meet the US Navy's new $13 billion aircraft carrier
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The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is due out 2020. The USS Ford finished carrier measures 1,106 feet long and 250 feet high and the propellers will help the new class of ship reach speeds of 35 miles per hour -- not bad for a 22.5-million pound sea vessel also new tech can accelerate a 100,000 pound object to a speed of 125 miles per hour in less than 300 feet. Navy guys how does that compare to current Aircraft carriers?
Meet the US Navy's new $13 billion aircraft carrier
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Ain't nothin' more impressive than 1,000 feet and 90,000 tons of US Sovereign Territory put ANYWHERE in ANY OCEAN.
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(top to bottom... Tomahawk, Mk 48 ADCAP, Harpoon)
But the Rebel Alliance has detailed schematics showing an exhaust port the size of Womp Rat that leads straight to the reactors...
(Sorry for some of the language...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agcRwGDKulw
And say hello to my little friends...
(top to bottom... Tomahawk, Mk 48 ADCAP, Harpoon)
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You forgot the most important one. CVN-80 will bear the name USS Enterprise. She replaces the most well known ship in the Navy and has a lot to live up to. USS Enterprise CVN-65 was 1123 feet long with 8 reactors. Her speed was classified but she was known to be one of if not the fastest ship in the Navy. She had a nack for getting to places no one expected possible. In 1977 when I reported aboard she was easily the Show Boat of the 7th Fleet. I hope to be invited to the launching of CVN-80 when its time and I'm able.
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Size wise she is pretty close to the "Nimitz" class carriers.
She has some pretty new technology and modifications to her flight deck gear. The "cats" are electro-magnetic instead of steam. She has "Phased-Array" radar, with allows for a smaller "island" cutting her radar image down. She has some stealth technology built in. Her self-defense systems are superior to the Nimitz.
Makes me wish I was still in and stationed on her. I would LOVE see her electronics suite!
She has some pretty new technology and modifications to her flight deck gear. The "cats" are electro-magnetic instead of steam. She has "Phased-Array" radar, with allows for a smaller "island" cutting her radar image down. She has some stealth technology built in. Her self-defense systems are superior to the Nimitz.
Makes me wish I was still in and stationed on her. I would LOVE see her electronics suite!
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PO2 Mark Saffell
Still not as big and bad as my old home USS Enterprise. She is 1126 feet long and went way faster than the new carriers.
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