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Type, class: Aircraft Carrier, nuclear propulsion -
CVN; Gerald R. Ford class Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, USA STATUS: Awarded: May 23, 2016 Laid down: August 27, 2022 Launched: late 2025 (planned) Commissioned: UNDER CONSTRUCTION Homeport: - Namesake: Enterprise (traditional) Ships Motto: I Technical Data: see: INFO > Gerald R. Ford class Aircraft Carrier - CVN |
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 under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Virginia  under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Virginia  ceremonial keel laying at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Virginia - August 2023  ceremonial keel laying at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Virginia - August 2023  A 35-ton steel plate is displayed at Newport News Shipbuilding division during a ceremony to start advance construction of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80). The steel plate will become part of the foundation of Enterprise, the ninth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Enterprise will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier - Newport News, Virginia - August 24, 2017 (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries by Matt Hildreth/Released) |
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CVN-80 is being built by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News
Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. CVN-80 is the first aircraft
carrier completely designed and built through digital platforms. The
first cut of steel ceremony, marking the beginning of fabrication of
the ship's components, was held on 21 August 2017, with the ship's
sponsors Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles present. Construction began
in advance of the purchase contract and construction award, in early
2018. Steel from CVN-65 will be recycled and used in the
construction of CVN-80. As of August 2022, approximately 20,000
pounds of steel, from CVN-65, has been salvaged and recycled for
inclusion into CVN-80, with another 15,000 pounds still to be
processed, for a total of 35,000 pounds. Enterprise will also
incorporate four portholes taken from CV-6, her World War II
predecessor. Enterprise will replace USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and is
scheduled to be launched in November 2025, with a planned delivery
date of March 2028. The ship's keel was laid, with no specific ceremony, on April 5, 2022, three weeks ahead of schedule. The shipbuilder held an official keel-laying ceremony on 27 August of the same year. source: wikipedia |
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