USS Gerald R. Ford CVN-78

 

Name	Gerald R. Ford
Namesake	Gerald R. Ford
Awarded	10 September 2008
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Cost	$12.8 billion + $4.7 billion R&D (estimated)[7]
Laid down	13 November 2009[4]
Launched	11 October 2013[1]
Sponsored by	Susan Ford[5]
Christened	9 November 2013[6]
Acquired	31 May 2017[2]
Commissioned	22 July 2017[3]
Homeport	Norfolk
Motto	Integrity at the helm
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	About 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load)[10]
Length	1,092 ft (333 m)[11] - 1,106 ft (337 m)[12]
Beam	134 ft (41 m) (waterline) 256 ft (78 m) (flight deck)
Height	250 ft (76 m)
Decks	25
Installed power	Two Bechtel A1B PWR nuclear reactors, HEU 93.5%[15][16]
Propulsion	Four shafts
Speed	In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	≈25 years before mid-life refuel[8][9]
Complement	4539 (including air wing)[14]
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) X band active electronically scanned array AN/SPY-4 Volume Search Radar (VSR) S band active electronically scanned array
Armament	Surface-to-air missiles: 2 × RIM-162 ESSM launchers 2 × RIM-116 RAM Guns: 3 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems 4 × M2 .50 Cal. (12.7 mm) machine guns
Aircraft carried	75+[13]
Aviation facilities	1,092 ft × 256 ft (333 m × 78 m) flight deck