Saturday, June 6, 2020

These Pictures Show The Differences Between The Ford And Nimitz Class Carriers

US Navy

Warzone/The Drive: These Photos Of Ford And Nimitz Class Carriers Sailing Side-By-Side Offer Best Comparison Yet

Although they are both huge supercarriers, the futuristic-looking Ford class has major external differences from its iconic predecessor.

The Navy's $13B first of its kind Ford class supercarrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), which now has Carrier Air Wing 8 embarked onboard, is slowly showing signs of improvement to its various systems after a litany of engineering setbacks, but it still has a long way to go before becoming available for actual operational deployments. As such, the Navy's 10 Nimitz class carriers will continue providing for America's national defense needs alone. Beyond their general configurations, the two classes have major differences, both outwardly visible and not. Pictures released by the Navy today showing the USS Harry S. Truman sailing alongside USS Gerald R. Ford give us our best visual comparison yet of the two classes.

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WNU Editor: A revealing photo-gallery at the link that shows the differences between the two carrier classes.