USS Gerald Ford CVN78

Nice picture,I really have not kept up on the capabilities of these new carriers.Are you saying the old steam catapult for launching has been replaced ? Just on this one or did they retrofit the older CVN'S also,sounds like cool technology.

Heres some of your answers. I live in Grand Rapids, home of the Ford Museum and was able to view the Christening, launch and commissioning on the museum big screen. Also heard a presentation by the new Captain of the Ford and was able to meet him. I served aboard ESSEX, CVS-9. That's a world away from Ford, CVN78.

Click on the picture in this link for full information. 

EJ

 

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/cvn-21/cvn-211.html

Tojo72

Nice picture,I really have not kept up on the capabilities of these new carriers.Are you saying the old steam catapult for launching has been replaced ? Just on this one or did they retrofit the older CVN'S also,sounds like cool technology.

 

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Don't know about a retrofit Tojo,but ejhammer posted a link for all the info on her.Don't know why I didn't think of it.And yea steam is out. 

Bridle launch is gone, too--so the "horns" o nthe bow are no longer needed. Everything now launches via nose gear bar to the shuttle. Now that all the aviation is either an F-18 variant or a E-2 Have heard both yea and nay on retrofitting older CVN.