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1 posted on 05/27/2012 9:06:28 PM PDT by moonshot925

2 posted on 05/27/2012 9:19:43 PM PDT by Wingy (Don't blame me. I voted for the chick. I hope to do so again.)

120524-N-ZZ999-003 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 24, 2012) The final keel section of the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is lowered into place at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. The 680-metric-ton, 60-foot-tall lower bow unit was joined to the other keel sections and was the last major section of the ship installed below the waterline. Gerald R. Ford is now more than 75 percent structurally complete in the dry dock, and is on schedule to launch in 2013. The ship is scheduled to be delivered to the fleet in 2015. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Ricky Thompson Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding Division/Released)

120524-N-ZZ999-004 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 24, 2012) The final keel section of the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is lowered into place at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. The 680-metric-ton, 60-foot-tall lower bow unit was joined to the other keel sections and was the last major section of the ship installed below the waterline. Gerald R. Ford is now more than 75 percent structurally complete in the dry dock, and is on schedule to launch in 2013. The ship is scheduled to be delivered to the fleet in 2015. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Ricky Thompson Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding Division/Released)

3 posted on 05/27/2012 9:19:52 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)

5 posted on 05/27/2012 9:35:22 PM PDT by Vroomfondel

7 posted on 05/27/2012 9:49:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)

Carriers with bulbous bows have achieve about 12 to 15 percent increased fuel efficiency than vessels without them.

EXCELLENT! Increased fuel efficiency means longer range while pursuing America's enemies and ultimately blasting them to Hell as the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford does more to be environmentally friendly.

(how 'bout that you envirowackos? lol)

11 posted on 05/27/2012 10:17:17 PM PDT by mkjessup (Eternal Vigilance (aka FReeper Tom Hoefling) has my vote for President in 2012.)

I wish I was 35 years younger!

I’d be proud to serve this boat...

13 posted on 05/27/2012 10:32:56 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (I hate pragmatists!)

She is quite a ship.

17 posted on 05/28/2012 1:46:09 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)

Fuel efficiency?The damned carrier is nuclear powered so why should fuel efficiency matter?

If anything is a benefit of a now of that design it should be an increase in forward speed.

I think your average nuclear carrier is refueled every 20 years or so.It maybe even longer between refuelings.

20 posted on 05/28/2012 3:32:07 AM PDT by puppypusher (The World is going to the dogs.)

Let’s hope it doesn’t fall down the stairs.

22 posted on 05/28/2012 4:26:49 AM PDT by frithguild (You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)

Got her nickname ready to go: "The Big Pardon"

26 posted on 05/28/2012 6:51:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)

Shore Power: Nimitz Class 4.16 kV; Ford Class 13.8 kV

How’d you like to haul that cable up the gangplank?

29 posted on 05/28/2012 7:50:18 PM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)

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