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To: PIF
"The Ford is an inoperable training ship and is likely never to be deployed..."

It's the first ship of its class and like every first article is sure to have a heap of issues* - they will work through them.
She does have an assigned air wing.

*(The M-1 Abrams and the Bradley both had serious issues when young. Same with the Osprey. The F-35 is slowly working through her issues.
The Ford is no LCS albatross.)

17 posted on 06/11/2020 12:47:02 PM PDT by Psalm 73
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To: Psalm 73

No you are wrong - the problems are pretty much unsolvable unless they tear the ship apart and start over. They just came back from a sea trail and the EMALS launch rate was just terrible - that after millions of dollars in repairs.

The Spy radar does not work, only 4 of the eleven elevators work, the sewage plumbing is a nightmare, as are the marble topped sinks, and that’s just the start of the problems - these were all things that the brass thought, like you, that could be fixed in time but should have been fixed before they were installed. Too late now,

Refer you to this piece:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33434/navy-shelves-review-that-might-have-cut-ford-class-of-supercarriers-to-just-four-ships

“Persistent troubles with the first-in-class Ford, which has, at best, limited capabilities at this time and looks set to be a non-operational training ship for the foreseeable future, along with the growing costs associated with the subsequent ships in the class ...”


20 posted on 06/11/2020 1:50:41 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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