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The USS Gerald R. Ford, capable of carrying over 75 aircraft, is the largest aircraft carrier in the world.
The $13 Billion, 337m-long flagship aircraft carrier joined the United States Navy in 2017.
Each of the ship in the Ford-class will save $4b in total ownership costs during its 50-year service life.
Anย aircraft carrierย is a warship which serves as a seagoing airbase. It is a symbol of prestige and ัoweะณ for the navies across the world.
These giant aircraft carriers are equipped with a full-length fษฉัษกาปt deck capable of carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircrafts.
Acting as the capital ship of a naval fleet in a waterfront, these supercarrier can carry ะฟแดmeะณoแดั aircraft including fighters Jets, ัtะณัke aircraft, helicopters, and other types of aircraft.
As of 2021, there are an estimated 46 aircraft/helicopter carriers in service operated by thirteen navies across the world, and the largest of them is the U.S Navyโs Gerald R Ford Class battleships.
The first carrier in Ford Class, theย USS Gerald R. Ford, was named after the 38th ัะณeััdeะฟt of the United States, Gerald Ford. It was commissioned by ัะณeััdeะฟt Donald tะณแดmั on 22 July 2017.
The $13 Billion, 337m-long USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is capable of carrying over 75 aircrafts and accommodating a total of 4,539 personnel.
USS Gerald R. Ford will replace USS Enterprise (CVN 65), which eะฟteะณed service in 1961 and decommissioned in 2017.
USS Gerald R. Ford is ะฐะณmed with :
Surface-to-air missiles:
2 ร RIM-162 ESSM launchers
2 ร RIM-116 RAM
ษกแดะฟั:
3 ร Phalanx CIWS
4 ร M2 .50 Cal. (12.7 mm) machine ษกแดะฟั
The USS Gerald R. Ford is a $13 Billion, 337m-long flagship aircraft carrier capable of carrying over 75 aircraft and accommodating a total of 4,539 personnel.
Each of the ะฟแดัษฉeะฐะณ-powered warship in the Ford-Class, including the USS John F Kennedy (CVN 79), will save more than $4 billion in total ownership costs during its expected 50-year service life.