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USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, whose World War II naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier Monterey in the Pacific Theater. [17]
The CL-1201 design project studied a nuclear-powered aircraft of extreme size, with a wingspan of 1,120 feet (340 m). [4] Had it been built, it would have had the largest wingspan of any airplane to date, [5] and certainly more than twice that of any aircraft of the 20th century.
Name Ships in class Type Length Displacement Status Operator USS Enterprise 1: Aircraft carrier: 342 m (1,122 ft) 94,781: 1 decommissioned United States Navy Gerald R. Ford class
Fujian is China's largest and most advanced aircraft carrier, but it's not the biggest in the world — that honor belongs to the USS Gerald R. Ford.
Aircraft carrier: 342 m (1,122 ft) 1961–2013 Retired USS Enterprise, the longest aircraft carrier ever built, was inactivated in December 2012. [73] [74] Paul R. Tregurtha: Lake freighter: 309 m (1,014 ft) 1981– In service The current Queen of the Lakes (the longest ship operating on the Great Lakes), and last of the "1000-footers" launched ...
The Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy.The lead ship of the class is named after World War II United States Pacific Fleet commander Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who was the last living U.S. Navy officer to hold the rank.
The Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are currently being constructed for the United States Navy, which intends to eventually acquire ten of these ships in order to replace current carriers on a one-for-one basis, starting with the lead ship of her class, Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), replacing Enterprise (CVN-65), and later the Nimitz-class carriers.
The remotely operated aircraft has a 55ft (17m) wingspan and weighs 1.5 tonnes