USS GERALD R. FORD CVN 78 |
Keel Laid: November 14, 2009 Christened: November 9, 2013 Commissioned: July 22, 2017 Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News, Va. Propulsion system: two A1B nuclear reactors, four shafts Lengths, overall: 1.092 feet (332.85 meters) Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters) Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters) Draft: 39 feet (7.8 meters) Displacement: approx. 100,000 tons full load Speed: 30+ knots Aircraft: 90 fixed wing and helicopters, 4 EMALS Electromagnetic Catapults Crew: Officers: 508 Enlisted: 3789 Armament: - four MK-38 Mod 2 25mm Machine Gun Systems (MGS) - two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers - two MK-29 ESSM launchers - three MK-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS Homeport: Norfolk, VA. |