US Navy Ford Class nuclear carriers

Jeff Head

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At two years before commission, which will occur in late 2020 or early 2021, the John F. Kennedy, the 2nd Ford Class crrier, looks like this:

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I do not believe anyone can show a pic of CV-18 anywhere close to this stage of construction.

JFK was 65% complete structurally two years before launch, and as you see two years before commissioning.

Launch: Late 2019-early 2020
Commission: Late 2020 to early 2021

Anyhow, my expectation from what I have heard (because we have not seen much to date, whereas for CV-16 and CV-17 we saw quite a bit at this stage of construction), is that she is likely 3-4 years away from launch and 4-5 years away fro commission...perhaps longer because they will have to integrate the entire catapult launch at sea into her trials.

Time will tell.
 
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