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Posted on 03/28/2026 12:50:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), has been pulled from active operations in the Red Sea and sent to Naval Support Activity Souda Bay in Crete following a March 12 onboard fire and mounting system strain after months of sustained combat operations.
The fire, which broke out in the ship’s main laundry area, injured sailors, damaged living spaces, and required hours of firefighting and recovery efforts.
After nearly nine months at sea – one of the longest and most demanding deployments in recent Navy history – there is growing concern that the Ford could now enter an extended maintenance period.
Between fire damage and deferred maintenance, on top of the long deployment, there is a real risk that the carrier could be out of action for an extended period of time – potentially as long as 12 to 14 months.
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1. a fire in the laundry room requires 14 months to repair???
2. when this was first reported, we were assured that the ship retained full operational capability — was, is that still correct?
the fog of war..
I read that this septic design flaw can’t be fixed and is being built into future Ford class carriers as well...that was a while ago though.
Aren’t Navy ships designed to prevent fires from spreading and isn’t the crew continuously trained to fight fires? I’d be LESS concerned if a missile did this and not a laundry fire.
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It's a flawed design. They need to overhaul Ford carrier and use the previous Nimitz class design even if it takes them years.
Indeed
Fix Or Repair Daily
After a long deployment, a carrier needs significant work before the next one. So some of this is normal. Sounds like it needs to go back home for repair and because it is the first carrier of the new class.
We have total defense against drones, missiles, aircraft...but forget to take the lint out of the dryer and we are down for fourteen months...
Maybe the the ship should be scrapped and declared a loss due to its expensive repair cost.
Not with this one. It's supposed to be "state of the art".
Except that this carrier is crap.
I never served in Military.
I have been in Engineering 30+ years.
We can do all kinds of things, but can’t get a ship right?
Rockets, Moon, Nukes, Heart transplants, data centers (damn them)
What am I missing?
Pretty much.
” months of sustained combat operations. “
What?????
“U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Might Be Out of Action for 14 Months”
But Putin!!!!* Anyway, this is what’s expected when DEI and Leftist priorities get to run the show.
*just having some fun with the Zeepers.
Gerry Ford too many football games without a helmet.
LBJ.
The ship is a science project - trying out too many new, unproven technologies and hardware.
It is Serial Number 1. NEVER buy Serial Number One.
Keep in mind that naval vessels at General Quarters for combat are well versed in damage control and mitigation. Aircraft carriers in particular can absorb an enormous amount of damage without sinking, as was seen a few years back when. they made the USS America a “SinkEx” exercise. And they didn’t have humans performing damage control.
It is a given that they weren’t trying to destroy the carrier in one weapon exercise, but still...
However, any ship, military or civilian, is in peril when a fire takes place that crew members are not prepared for. And a fire in a laundry is exactly the kind of fire that can grow and spread out of control. Sure, they have damage control teams that can jump into action at top speed, and they practice all the time.
A fire aboard a ship of any kind is a deadly serious threat.
We had the USS Bonhomme Richard, a large, $5 billion dollar vessel completely destroyed while docked when fires raged out of control. Sure, they were manned by a skeleton crew during a refit, but it was still a shameful episode.
There is no doubt the USS Gerald Ford has its problems, most ships which are first in a new class have issues to varying degrees. There are more with this one than in any other previous class of carrier that I am aware of, but they were also deviating from practice in the design by shoe-horning too many new and untested designs and implementations in one platform.
Something as simple as a ‘laundry fire’ can put ANY ship out of commission if the conditions are right.
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