America Christens $13Billion Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Capable Of Launching 220 Airstrikes A Day -- Daily Mail
* USS Gerald R. Ford will cost $13Billion when finished
* Carrier will be equipped to launch 220 airstrikes per day
* Ship holds 4,000 sailors and marines and is virtually invisible to enemy radar
* Project faces criticism after becoming beset by delays and cost overruns
* Navy plans to buy another three carriers, at a cost of $43 billion
The US Navy today christened the USS Gerald Ford, costliest and most deadly aircraft carrier ever built.
The $13billion warship is the first in the Navy's newest generation of aircraft carriers. It was launched in a grand ceremony Saturday from the Newport News, VA., naval yard.
The Ford is expected to stay commissioned for five decades and will enter the fleet in 2016.
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