[antiRepublicrat]

I’d have thought that by #10, they’d have the procedure down.

This one is quite different from its predecessors, lots of improvements in design and technology -- even the hull design has changed.

[cva66snipe]

This one is quite different from its predecessors, lots of improvements in design and technology -- even the hull design has changed.

This one isn't the new class. Ford will be the new hull design etc. It's a Nimitz class and Ford will begin the new hull and class.