The keel of the carrier was laid in 2009, a tradition marking the beginning of a new ship's construction, and the Ford was officially commissioned in 2017. But the carrier's deployment was extended by more than two months after war broke out between Hamas and Israel, and the Ford was sent to the Mediterranean Sea to support Israel and prevent the conflict from escalating. The Ford is the inaugural ship of a new class of U.S. aircraft carriers that will replace the current Nimitz-class carriers, the first of which launched from a Newport News, Va., shipyard in 1972.
Author: Joe Hernandez
Published at: 2025-11-16 22:44:07
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