The U.S. Navy’s Aircraft Carriers Have A New Name and It’s Not Good: ‘Dock Dweller’
Story by Christian Orr • 19h
Key Points and Summary - U.S. supercarriers remain unmatched power projectors, yet maintenance cycles often sideline them.
-The Navy’s “rule of thirds” keeps only a few deployed while others prep or undergo overhaul. Every 25 years, carriers enter a Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) that swaps systems and reactors—work that can stretch timelines.
© The U.S. Navy Gerald R. Ford–class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 2020, marking the first time a Gerald R. Ford–class and a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operated together underway.
-USS Harry S. Truman’s collision repairs will fold into RCOH; USS George Washington spent 2,100 days out. With only four public shipyards, shortages of skilled labor, high costs, supply-chain friction, and COVID-era disruptions compound delays.
-The result: world-class deterrence constrained by industrial capacity—raising the question: power projectors or hangar queens?
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