USS Ford Maintenance Moving Ahead of Schedule, Shrinking To-Do List for After Shock Trials

[rangerrebew]

USS Ford Maintenance Moving Ahead of Schedule, Shrinking To-Do List for After Shock Trials
By: Megan Eckstein
May 20, 2020 3:18 PM

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean, May 13, 2020. Gerald R. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. US Navy photo.

Maintenance teams working on aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) are accomplishing about 30 percent more work than planned during in-ports periods between underway testing, helping to reduce the amount of time the carrier will likely spend in the repair yard after full-ship shock trials next year and becoming a fully available fleet asset.

Though not unique to Ford, the new carrier has already seen work deferred – with delivery running behind, some work was pushed to the carrier’s post-shakedown availability; when PSA ran long, some work was pushed to the current post-delivery test and trials period or the planned incremental availability that Ford will go through after shock trials.

https://news.usni.org/2020/05/20/uss-ford-maintenance-moving-ahead-of-schedule-shrinking-to-do-list-for-after-shock-trials

[rangerrebew]

Does this means it now has weapons elevators and they work, a commode system that works (since they have no urinals), and they can fly F-35s?

[Axeslinger]

Does this means it now has weapons elevators and they work, a commode system that works (since they have no urinals), and they can fly F-35s?

@rangerrebew
Now you’re just being demanding!

BTW, the comments to that article late equally informative