ping...“Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)” otherwise known as the RINO/GOP-e “Class” Will ALWAYS run to the “middle”!
Hope the elevator complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act, OSHA regulations and DOE guidelines for energy efficiency....
We only had escalators on destroyers. :=)
Not a naval architect so I’m asking ‘cause I don’t know. Why not build a carrier in a catamaran design? Granted it would be unable to traverse the Panama and Suez but I would think that it would provide a huge increase in flight deck.
ping...was Danny there to film it?
Can the navy please get out of this habit of naming their ships after US presidents before there ends up being one named after Slick, Junior or the current clown in the white house?
Two things interesting about that elevator.
First, they’re going from four elevators (standard since the USS Forrestal) to three. The article seems to suggest that it’s to increase available deck space, but more than likely it’s due to the need to reduce manning and maintenance requirements. Although it could be possible that the weapons trials/sinkex with the ex-USS America demonstrated that the risk(s) associated with the elevators wasn’t worth having a fourth one.
Second, the elevator is squared-off. Can’t tell if it’s a real square, rectangular or possibly even somewhat trapezoidal. Since the Kitty Hawk class US carrier elevators have had a distinct tab/ear on the ocean-end of them, which facilitated being able to lift two aircraft at a time while still limiting the hole in the side of the hull.
I saw a picture of the uss baraq hussein 0bama last week. It is a garbage scow that patrols the New Jersey coast.