Meet the Gerald R. Ford-class: US Navy's $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier 

Its quite a ship. Beautiful and a technological marvel.

I still have absolutely no idea how something this large is designed, schematics made, wiring hooked up, etc. I just dont understand how its possible.

The Gerald r ford came to oslo and it was the biggest thing in the whole city it was glorious

My son is on the Ford. ❤ I pray for them all but also understand that our love ones that our on this amazing carrier are safe

I was working on the USS Enterprise in drydocks as this monster of a ship was being built. Its scale was daunting as chucks of this ship were being assembled in sections.

It's amazing that the M2 - first manufactured in 1933 - is standard equipment on a ship designed to be in service until 2105. I guess some things are just so good they can't be improved.

The pinnacle of military projection on the planet.

@4:12 You know you were a badass when you were a cook who has the worlds most advanced warship named after you along side presidents Ford and JFK as well as the Enterprise (one of the oldest and prestigious boat names in the US Navy).

If anyone thinks they can take on USA they are high. Respect from Canada.

2105, that's a great life expectancy, it won't be too long before another major war. God bless America🇺🇸

She is a beautiful looking ship. I saw her when she visited Crete a few days ago. I made a short video as she left port and put it on RU-vid.

Can't wait for *USS Enterprise CVN-80* My dad was one of the first serve on the new *Enterprise* in Vietnam. We are hopefully going to the the launching ceremony when it's ready to be put in the water!?!

It's a beautiful ship and an excellent tribute to a good man.

My dad was one of the first serve on the new Enterprise in Vietnam. We are hopefully going to the the launching ceremony when it's ready to be put in the water!?!

It costs a few cents, but then you get something! Salute from the Netherlands 🇳🇱

Nice work by the US. 🇺🇸

Seeing this sailing at sea makes me proud to be an American and proud to be serving in the Navy🇺🇸⚓️

Thank You For Your Service

This video has sparked my interest in learning more about the US Navy.

Truly a marvel and an extremely Noble Name!

Extremely proud of the professionalism of the crew.

God bless America!

Kudos to the Men and Women who volunteered to serve their country. These new Aircraft Carriers are awesome.

I can’t believe that they are still loading ordnance the same old way. They had such an opportunity to automate it somewhat.

This was awesome thanks

having served on the U.S.S Nimitz (Training Dept Familiarization and Indoctrination yeoman) I gotta say I miss it, went on to become an EM2 on The John King DDG3

Leaving history in the past?! Finally! Why did nobody ever think of that!

Absolutely incredible that makes me wonder how something this complex can be made by humans

Very Cool! truly next gen tech and with much more power and efficiency

My dad and I were both AW's on the USS Kitty Hawk.

Wow it’s like a floating city 😮..Would love to see it 👍

This ship is very impressive!

imagine it's capabilities towards the end of its unreal 90 year service life. wild shit like satellite defense/support.

People don't realize the true scale of this monster until they see it in person. It's almost hard to believe what you're even seeing.

Hello ChatGPT. I didn't know you make videos

Wow just wow! I am proud to be an American. 🇺🇸

I would love to see this carrier go back in time to the war in the pacific against Japan in ww2

The greatest nation on earth

Big, bad and beautiful

I am fascinated by ACCs...I wish for one week, I am given the opportunity to live in the Carrier. The might of this machine can level a country in days. Every country should have it. Its a great asset.

I love USA ❤❤❤👍👍👍

USA from Philippines

Beautiful ship. Wish there was a way to extend the life of our current ships to be decommissioned. We need more carriers.

Love that Ford's daughter tasted the champagne after breaking the bottle.

13billon isn't bad for that ship....but it costs over a million dollars a day to operate

Yup...😎😎😎

Great aircraft carriers! 🌼🇺🇸🌼🇺🇸🌼

waiting for "USS Sulaco" :-)

🇺🇸🇺🇸😍❤️❤️🗽🗽power of freedom

8:16 Potentially? There's a reason this technology was.... 'revealed' in 2014 transformers lol.

My nephew, now a US Navy Captain, told me that launching off a carrier never gets old!

Interesting news.

GO NAVY!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🌎✨🚀

3:40," half of power generation is used by the ship. The remain half being ready for future systems".... read that very closely

I wonder if future proofing includes secure storage areas for Nuclear weapons, mainly cruise missile nukes?

God bless our great nation!

Yes, that is all well and good, but does it have a ping pong table?

When will we get a fully 100% unmaned autonomous Aircraft Carrier with no humans on board?

Awesome bro👍

Amazing technologies, superior USA fleet!

I’m glad I got to see this in my lifetime.

when you have 11 carrier battle groups you don't need the most ships as billy Mitchell showed in 1919 that very thing that air power would rule the seas, today they have the deadliest fighter jets on the planet on them

welcome to the silk road and my friends

2105… damn.. long after we’re all dead lol

Cold fusion powered? I hope so.

90 Year service life 😳

Don't forget LHD.

To me the best option for a future fleet Is to keep in service 8 Gerald Ford Class carriers and build 8 medium carriers (65000-70000 tons 270-280 meters, 2 catapults)...16 carriers that cost less than a 12 supercarriers fleet...more flexible...

Better to go to the stars , however, dam.

I don't understand why we retire the Nimitz carriers all together. Either they should be kept maintained for use if we lose carriers in conflict to stand in until replacements are built or we should look at selling them to our closest allies to help strengthen our alliances. Seeing as everyone relies on America to project naval power it is only smart to help bring those we trust the most along to pull more weight.

I wonder how big the stage is for the after hours drag queeen shows.

i am from Philiippines and i love to see that Ukraine Flag raised with FORD CLASS. Great support from USA.

Did anybody else imitate Dr. Evil "Lasers"

Consider this? We have set upon the sea a craft large enough to house 2 nuclear Reactors for endless energy. Is it too far-fetched to imagine We have also set in the air/sky Nuclear vessels? I don't know but I'm sure we have at least tried.

So E/F/G Rhinos are going to be retired in 2030 according to this video??

THE BIG STICK don’t F with us or you will cop it

The Ford class leaped ahead of its predecessors as did the Nimitz class leaped ahead of its predecessors.

I find it hard to believe that our newest, most modern aircraft carrier which is "ahead of its time" still can't carry our most modern naval aircraft the F-35C. It's restricted to carrying F-18's only until at least 2025. Not sure I understand that.

Of all the great memorable U.S President why name the submarine Gerald R. Ford ???

CVN stand for?

Ford Class Carrier Ships need the Old Fashioned Names That Carriers used to have in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.. Forget Naming them After. US Presidents.. For the Crews and Pilots Who live, work and fly off of them they need to live and work on Ships named after Huge Parts of US History : Name the Next Ford Class Carriers after the New Enterprise and after the Doris Miller, with names from American History: name them Intrepid, Lexington, Saratoga, Yorktown and Saratoga.❤

My wife said, "Why do we have things like this?" I was like, if we didn't, the Russians or Chinese would just sail over here and kill us all.

all you need to know is this... a aircraft carrier group can eliminate 800 targets a day just saying

U.S.S. Doris Miller? WT?

It's all good until it starts falling down stairs...

Beautiful ship...wish we had the navy we had 50 years ago......I lament the loss of our navy, and country, it collapsed 40 years ago....when brain washed graduates started and gradually changed all our values to French ones....along with no trained engineers completed the collapse.......and as they say...The rest is history......

All for display….

Interesting video, I would call Ford too little and too late! Current CVNs are required to serve too long. Taking too long to build new ships. With ZERO extra building capacity for building replacement ships due to combat loses! The Red Sea, and Black Seas, come to nind. More and better escorts are needed. More over EACH CVN must have a hard kill self defense capability against ballistic missiles! Current systems rely too much, on too few, escorting vessels that may be too far away to counter a steep dive ballistic missile. Elevated horizontal radar panels will be needed for real time ABM point defense capabilities. Start with a 40 mm CIWS, capable of engaging near vertical targets. Better yet an 80 mm rail gun, in four sponsons. A new fleet interceptor, designed or modified for task force ABM missions. Needs to be built and deployed ASAP! Perhaps a navalized version of the F-15, or better yet an all new version of the F-14, with more powerful engines. Stand on tail, flight for ABM launch capability! Keep in mind that current Red Sea operations are a low intensity combat zone against a foe with limited means. When compared with the South China sea. As a former crew member of USS Ranger CV-61. I think it would be fun to visit the Ford, for a few weeks under way. See how much has changed, and ehat has not after so many years. Fair winds and following seas!

Seems expensive compared to UK's QE class. These things are a floating platform for aircraft at the end of the day and the QE holds 72 aircraft for $4bn and this is $13bn for 75..... seems terrible value for the tax payer.

Gerald Ford, should’ve pick a better name sake.

Honest question…..why did they name a class of carriers after Ford? Wasn’t he kind of a forgettable president?

Looking forward to the Donald J. Trump aircraft carrier.

Wait USA, India coming 🔥🔥

The U.S. needs 100 more of these ships. Build them faster.🎉🎉🎉

China you want to test us 😳🤣✌️🍺🇺🇸

They really should have kept the Kittyhawk and CVN-65 Enterprise in mothballs until the Nimitz could be decommissioned. Not having any backup CVs is a fatal mistake if the US finds itself at war.

My biggest worry is China's hypersonic anti-ship missiles, DF-21 & DF-26 Against which our carriers are defenseless. Just one hit could sink the Ford.

They don’t tell you about the numerous issues though, such as the fact the sewage system is terribly designed, is interlinked in a way that one small clog can clog literally everything, and it costs about $400,000 to unclog the system. So… what cost savings? Let’s get these issues ironed out..

America can afford this and have affordable healthcare, if they actually tax the billionaires more.

I think if USA had such military equipment in the 40s, just with few warships like these, they would have won WWII.