Is The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Too Expensive?
Is the Gerald R. Ford-class simply too expensive for the job? We asked two top naval experts their opinion.
ByPeter SuciuPublished11 seconds ago
19FortyFive: No warship ever built is as expensive as the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) – the lead vessel of a new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. As the largest warship ever constructed in terms of displacement, CVN-78 is an impressive vessel that will likely serve as a symbol of power projection throughout the world for decades to come.
And yet, even as she is loaded with new and innovative technologies, there remain issues with numerous systems that haven’t exactly worked as planned.
From the ship’s toilets, which regularly clog, to the ordnance elevators that didn’t function properly, numerous systems have had serious teething issues that have needed to be resolved.
