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USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy. [8] [9] She will be the ninth United States naval vessel and third aircraft carrier to bear the name, and is scheduled to be in operation by 2029. Her construction began in August 2017 with a steel-cutting ceremony. [10]
Keel laying is one of the four specially celebrated events in a ship's life; the others are launching, commissioning, and decommissioning. Earlier, the event recognized as the keel laying was the initial placement of the central timber making up the backbone of a vessel, called the keel. As steel ships replaced wooden ones, the central timber ...
The ship's keel was laid in Newport News, Virginia on 22 August 2015. [14] As part of the traditional keel laying ceremony, the initials of ship sponsor Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President Kennedy and the sponsor of the previous John F. Kennedy, were welded into the ship's hull. [14] As of late June 2017 the ship was 50% structurally ...
CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford: Gerald R. Ford (lead ship) 22 July 2017 — 7 years, 208 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [78] [79] CVN-79 John F. Kennedy: Gerald R. Ford: c. 2025 — — Fitting out [8] [80] [81] CVN-80 Enterprise: Gerald R. Ford: c. 2028 — — Under construction [8] [82] [9] CVN-81 Doris Miller: Gerald R ...
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sailors man the rails as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier departs Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan for the last time May 16, 2024. Reagan first arrived ...
Norcross attended both the sub's keel laying in 2019, which signifies the beginning of its life, and the christening in 2021. The submarine is scheduled to be commissioned in New Jersey on Sept. 14.
On 27 May 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the name of CVN-79 would be USS John F. Kennedy. [69] On 1 December 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that CVN-80 would be named USS Enterprise. The information was delivered during a prerecorded speech as part of the deactivation ceremony for the previous Enterprise (CVN-65).
Jun. 4—NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Electric Boat held a keel-laying ceremony Saturday morning to mark the beginning of construction for the submarine District of Columbia (SSBN 826), the first of ...