User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: The Navy is Close to Deploying the Next Ford-class Aircraft Carrier

  1. #1
    Original Ranter
    Points: 859,011, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 92.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496556
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,683
    Points
    859,011
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,214
    Thanked 147,566x in 94,410 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)

    The Navy is Close to Deploying the Next Ford-class Aircraft Carrier

    The Kennedy is at 76% complete.

    The Navy is Close to Deploying the Next Ford-class Aircraft Carrier

    The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers are able to carry up to 90 aircraft, including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, MH-60R/S helicopters, as well as unmanned air and combat vehicles.

    On Monday the United States Navy announced that it had modified its contracts with Newport News Shipbuilding, which will speed up delivery of the next Gerald R. Ford*-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). The contract modification will move the carrier to a traditional single-phase delivery.


    The carrier had been previously slated to go through a two-phase delivery process, which would have seen the ship mostly completed while the workforce at the shipbuilding facility would have paused, and then installed the electronics and made other modifications at a later date. That plan had been unveiled in the Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) budget as a means to construct the warship on the most cost-effective schedule for the workforce at the construction yard.


    It also would have avoided an overlap of CVN-79 with USS Nitmitz (CVN-68) in the fleet, which could put a further strain on Navy budgets but also on the personnel needed to operate both vessels. By inserting a "gap" in the construction, which would delay the final delivery, the ship would have also received the most up-to-date technology just ahead of its entry into the fleet, reported USNI News.


    Changing Course


    When the decision was made to delay the carrier's delivery it was expected John F. Kennedy would be ready in 2022 with a longer overlap between those two carriers. But now the Navy is expecting that the carrier would be delivered in 2024 regardless of whether it is delivered fully outfitted or not, and for those reasons, the contract modifications have been made.


    The $315 million contract will include converting the ship to a single-phase delivery, but also for install of F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter modifications. The contract modifications set a June 30, 2024, delivery date.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  2. The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Peter1469 For This Useful Post:

    Admiral Ackbar (07-12-2021),MMC (07-12-2021),RMNIXON (07-12-2021)

  3. #2
    Original Ranter
    Points: 388,252, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 0.2%
    Achievements:
    SocialRecommendation Second ClassOverdriveTagger First Class50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    MMC's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    70166
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Chicago Illinois
    Posts
    89,892
    Points
    388,252
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    54,131
    Thanked 39,163x in 27,727 Posts
    Mentioned
    243 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Yeah but they want to decommision 7 or 8 Heavy Cruisers.
    History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~

  4. #3
    Original Ranter
    Points: 388,252, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 0.2%
    Achievements:
    SocialRecommendation Second ClassOverdriveTagger First Class50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    MMC's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    70166
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Chicago Illinois
    Posts
    89,892
    Points
    388,252
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    54,131
    Thanked 39,163x in 27,727 Posts
    Mentioned
    243 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    U.S. Navy Issues FY22 Shipbuilding And Decommissioning Totals To Congress

    The U.S. Navy plans to decommission 15 ships FY2022: 7 cruisers, 4 littoral combat ships, 1 amphibious ship, 2 attack submarines and 1 fleet tug.....snip~

    U.S. Navy Issues FY22 Shipbuilding And Decommissioning Totals To Congress - Naval News
    History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~

  5. #4
    Points: 34,558, Level: 45
    Level completed: 41%, Points required for next Level: 892
    Overall activity: 0.1%
    Achievements:
    Tagger First ClassYour first Group25000 Experience PointsVeteranSocial
    Admiral Ackbar's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    5002
    Join Date
    Jun 2018
    Location
    United States
    Posts
    6,897
    Points
    34,558
    Level
    45
    Thanks Given
    4,270
    Thanked 4,992x in 3,109 Posts
    Mentioned
    168 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    The CCP will hate this!
    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining"----Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales

  6. #5
    Original Ranter
    Points: 859,011, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 92.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496556
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,683
    Points
    859,011
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,214
    Thanked 147,566x in 94,410 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    Yeah but they want to decommision 7 or 8 Heavy Cruisers.
    The budget is tight and Dems are in charge.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  7. #6
    Original Ranter
    Points: 388,252, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 0.2%
    Achievements:
    SocialRecommendation Second ClassOverdriveTagger First Class50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    MMC's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    70166
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Chicago Illinois
    Posts
    89,892
    Points
    388,252
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    54,131
    Thanked 39,163x in 27,727 Posts
    Mentioned
    243 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Chi-na is building another carrier as big as the Ford. Along with some other ship. They are cranking out 2 a month.


    According to what I am hearing China now has over 360 Naval Ships. Over 330 Coastal Ships/Navy Militia.


    They now want Ice Breakers. They only have 2. The Russians have 12. We have only one that cannot make it thru the Artic. The other caught fire and is out of Commission. One was schedule to come online in 2024. Biden is holding that up.
    History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~

  8. The Following User Says Thank You to MMC For This Useful Post:

    Peter1469 (07-20-2021)

  9. #7
    Original Ranter
    Points: 859,011, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 92.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496556
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,683
    Points
    859,011
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,214
    Thanked 147,566x in 94,410 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    Chi-na is building another carrier as big as the Ford. Along with some other ship. They are cranking out 2 a month.


    According to what I am hearing China now has over 360 Naval Ships. Over 330 Coastal Ships/Navy Militia.


    They now want Ice Breakers. They only have 2. The Russians have 12. We have only one that cannot make it thru the Artic. The other caught fire and is out of Commission. One was schedule to come online in 2024. Biden is holding that up.
    I posted an article about the Chinese carrier- it is not as large as the Ford Class, but seems capable. However as I have said in the past it will take a generation or two of seamanship to learn how to properly use these new ships.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  10. #8
    Original Ranter
    Points: 388,252, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 0.2%
    Achievements:
    SocialRecommendation Second ClassOverdriveTagger First Class50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    MMC's Avatar Senior Member
    Karma
    70166
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Chicago Illinois
    Posts
    89,892
    Points
    388,252
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    54,131
    Thanked 39,163x in 27,727 Posts
    Mentioned
    243 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I posted an article about the Chinese carrier- it is not as large as the Ford Class, but seems capable. However as I have said in the past it will take a generation or two of seamanship to learn how to properly use these new ships.
    They dont care how many people they will lose.....they will play the numbers game. Try to win with sheer numbers. Ships and crews. Its all amping up for their move on Taiwan. They have started the Propaganda thru Tik Tok. Try and get Americans to protest any of our involvement thru more of that Peaceful protesting.
    History does not long Entrust the care of Freedom, to the Weak or Timid!!!!! Dwight D. Eisenhower ~

  11. The Following User Says Thank You to MMC For This Useful Post:

    Peter1469 (07-20-2021)

  12. #9
    Original Ranter
    Points: 859,011, Level: 100
    Level completed: 0%, Points required for next Level: 0
    Overall activity: 92.0%
    Achievements:
    SocialCreated Album picturesOverdrive50000 Experience PointsVeteran
    Awards:
    Posting Award
    Peter1469's Avatar Advisor
    Karma
    496556
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    NOVA
    Posts
    241,683
    Points
    859,011
    Level
    100
    Thanks Given
    153,214
    Thanked 147,566x in 94,410 Posts
    Mentioned
    2552 Post(s)
    Tagged
    0 Thread(s)
    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    They dont care how many people they will lose.....they will play the numbers game. Try to win with sheer numbers. Ships and crews. Its all amping up for their move on Taiwan. They have started the Propaganda thru Tik Tok. Try and get Americans to protest any of our involvement thru more of that Peaceful protesting.
    Hopefully our ship COs and Admirals know this and act accordingly if a conflict breaks out.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


  13. The Following User Says Thank You to Peter1469 For This Useful Post:

    MMC (07-20-2021)

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts