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Watchfoxheadexplodes

(3,496 posts) Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:31 AM Jul 2017

So chump commissioning a ship that won't go to sea until

2021????

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So chump commissioning a ship that won't go to sea until (Original Post) Watchfoxheadexplodes Jul 2017 OP

Thankfully, Chump's ship will have sunk by then. InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2017 #1

An aircraft carrier is very big and complicated PJMcK Jul 2017 #2

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

1. Thankfully, Chump's ship will have sunk by then.

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:40 AM

Jul 2017

PJMcK

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2. An aircraft carrier is very big and complicated

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:48 AM

Jul 2017

The new ship, the USS Gerald Ford, is also utilizing lots of new technology and mechanics meaning that there are many details to be finished before the ship will be battle-ready.

This is from a PBS article:

"The vessel completed sea trials in April but still will go through a battery of tests and workups at sea before becoming operational and ready for deployment, work that is expected to cost nearly $780 million and take more than four years to complete, congressional auditors said in a report this month."

Ignoring Trump for the moment, it's exciting that our Navy has this new ship in its fleet. I'm glad the we have her and not someone else.

Best wishes to the sailors aboard the USS Gerald Ford.

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