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rangerrebew:
Elevators aboard USS Gerald R. Ford to be fixed after shock trials
By
Ed Adamczyk
 

May 17 (UPI) -- The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford will undergo exercises known as shock trials within weeks, and later deal with four inoperable weapons elevators.

The lower-stage elevators on the vessel, used to move ordnance, have been a problem since construction began in 2009. The ship was launched in 2009 and commissioned in 2013.
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The four elevators, of 11 aboard the ship, will be dealt with during the ship's Planned Incremental Availability later this year, a scheduled upgrading and modernization of all systems, according to officials.

https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2021/05/17/ford-ussgeraldrford-elevators-pia/6821621277121/?ur3=1

rangerrebew:
First, the elevators were a problem because they weren't even built into the ship.  Now they have problems with them, again, as I suspect they always will and that is not good for the crew. ****slapping

Fishrrman:
Since when did an aircraft carrier elevator become "rocket science"...?

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