How the problems on the US Navy's new supercarrier helped it build the next one cheap

[Peter1469]

How the problems on the US Navy's new supercarrier helped it build the next one cheaper and faster

A lot of people complained about the problems suffered by the USS Ford, but new complex weapons systems always initially have problems. Now the USS Kennedy h
as been launched 3 months ahead of schedule.

Days after the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford sailed out of a "challenging" post-shakedown work period that was extended three months because of maintenance problems, the dry dock holding the second Ford-class carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy, was flooded, launching the carrier three months early.

The Kennedy's builders and crew have gotten a boost from the Ford, according to the ship's commanding officer, Capt. Todd Marzano.


"We are definitely benefiting from being the second aircraft carrier in the class," Marzano told Business Insider last week. "We're leveraging their lessons learned, which has helped not only from the construction side but from our sailor training."

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[MMC]

Good....but we are still far from a 355 ship Navy. Now that Trump got rid of that Putz Spencer we can start making up for lost ground.

[Peter1469]

Good....but we are still far from a 355 ship Navy. Now that Trump got rid of that Putz Spencer we can start making up for lost ground.

It has been a while since I looked at our ship numbers and types. I know we have several in shipyards being built.