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Justdroppedin
07-22-2017, 08:07 PM
USS Gerald Ford.....

Wikipedia says it can hold 75+ planes, that means if it was a country it would have at least the 51st largest air force.........

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/USS_Gerald_R._Ford_%28CVN-78%29_underway_on_8_April_2017.JPG/1200px-USS_Gerald_R._Ford_%28CVN-78%29_underway_on_8_April_2017.JPG
dishuser
07-23-2017, 02:44 AM
I can't believe they named a ship after that idiot
tubbs
07-23-2017, 03:42 AM
Soon to a sea port near you,

The USS Obama and the USS Trump

YES it will happen...
auggie
07-23-2017, 04:16 AM
I thought the NIMITZ was the Largest ?
Terryl
07-23-2017, 06:31 AM
I thought the NIMITZ was the Largest ?

The Ford is longer by 100 feet.
Gates07
07-23-2017, 02:37 PM
what i notice is that it does not have a large "bridge" as the older ones had
The Noof
07-23-2017, 03:00 PM
what i notice is that it does not have a large "bridge" as the older ones had

Pretty sure it has to do with automation & miniturization of electronics.
Terryl
07-23-2017, 05:03 PM
what i notice is that it does not have a large "bridge" as the older ones had

When Willy Wonka died the Ompaloompas were out of a job, one way to save space.
SARGEQUANGTRI
07-23-2017, 07:16 PM
The U.S.S. Nimitz is 1,092 feet overall length.

The U.S.S. Gerald Ford is 1,106 overall length.

Difference is 14 feet.
Terryl
07-23-2017, 07:24 PM
Sorry, my math possessor broke when I retired........Any way it's a big one.
jvvh5897
07-23-2017, 08:46 PM
Big enough to be easy to see and easy to target. No stealth. Needs three ships around it to defend it from just about anything. Another three ships to keep it supplied. Yes, it does the job that a WWII ship was needed for, but how good is it in modern days?
auggie
07-23-2017, 09:42 PM
My Canadian Son (now US) did Two tours on the U.S.S. Nimitz, was in charge of the arresting gear <br />
(Big %%% cable) that caught the planes
jvvh5897
07-24-2017, 07:23 PM
I would like to see a running gag in a slasher movie with a ship called Trump.
"I heard a thump".
"Did you say Trump?"
"No, thump--I think I heard a thump!"
Thump went the head as it hit the deck.
"Did you hear that? I'm sure I heard a trump--I mean thump. Uh...hello... hello" Thump, thump, thump.