US Navy to Add 9 Warships in 2017
The U.S. Navy is slated to commission its new supercarrier this year, along with six surface warships and two subs.
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By Franz-Stefan Gady
January 04, 2017
The U.S. Navy, the world’s most powerful naval force, plans to add nine new warships including the long-delayed nuclear-powered Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in 2017. Other ships include the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Gabrielle Giffords and USS Omaha; the Freedom-class LCS USS Sioux City and USS Little Rock; the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Rafael Peralta and USS John Finn; and the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines USS Washington and USS Colorado.
The carrier USS Gerald R. Ford was supposed to be commissioned in 2016. However, the U.S. Navy’s most expensive warship faced a number of technical problems with many of its new and unproven systems including the two main turbine generators and the so-called the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) on the flight deck (See: “Is the US Navy’s New Supercarrier Facing Additional Delays?”). So far, no official 2017 commissioning date has been announced for the carrier. Overall, the U.S. Navy intends to commission a fleet of ten Ford-class carriers.
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