WORLD OF WARSHIPS USS GERALD R FORD SUPER CARRIER

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USS Gerald R. Ford CVN-78 is the lead ship of her class of United States Navy aircraft carriers. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States

The keel of Gerald R. Ford was laid down on 13 November 2009. Construction began on 11 August 2005, when Northrop Grumman held a ceremonial steel cut for a 15-ton plate that forms part of a side shell unit of the carrier.
She was christened on 9 November 2013. Gerald R. Ford entered the fleet replacing the decommissioned USS Enterprise (CVN-65), which ended her 51 years of active service in December 2012.
Originally scheduled for delivery in 2015,
Gerald R. Ford was delivered to the Navy on 31 May 2017 and formally commissioned by President Donald Trump on 22 July 2017. She is expected to leave on her first deployment around 2022. As of 2017, she is the world's largest aircraft carrier.

Complement: 2,600
Armament:
Surface-to-air missiles:
2 RIM-162 ESSM launchers
2 RIM-116 RAM
Guns:
3 Phalanx CIWS
4 M2 .50 Cal. (12.7 mm) machine guns
Aircraft carried: More than 75 (F35B and F35C Lightning II, FA 18E and F Hornet, EA 18 Growler, Hawkeye AEW, MH 60, CH 53E, CV or MV 22, C2 Greyhound not permanently aboard)
Aviation facilities: 1,092 ft 256 ft (333 m 78 m) flight deck