The USS Gerald R. Ford: christened, launched and immediately plowed into the pier. (ala Chevy Chase SNL).
It looks like the magnetic launch system is going to work. I was reading about it and it has closed-loop control so that the stress/strain on the airframe is minimized (controlled acceleration/loading). This might make the planes last longer, and might make it possible to launch modified planes that would otherwise be impossible to launch. The takeoffs are supposed to beat the daylights out of the airframe (and pilot) even if everything goes just right with a steam catapult.