The US Navy's next advanced aircraft carrier is 70% complete - watch the latest 888-ton chuck drop into place
The USS John F. Kennedy is the second of the Navy's Gerald R. Ford-class advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The Kennedy reached 70% completion in late February. Construction on the Kennedy started in February 2011. The USS John F. Kennedy, the second of the Navy's Gerald R.
From article, (The USS John F. Kennedy, the second of the US Navy's Gerald R. Ford-class advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, has reached 70% completion, according to the shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls.
Like the first-in-class Gerald R. Ford, the Kennedy is being constructed using a modular technique, in which smaller parts of the ship are welded to form larger chunks, called superlifts, that then come together.
Construction on the Kennedy started in February 2011 with the "first cut of steel" ceremony at Newport News. The ship's keel was laid in August 2015, and it hit the 50%-constructed mark in June when crews moved the 1,027-ton lower-stern section — containing rudders, tanks, steering-gear rooms, and electrical-power-distribution rooms — into place.
"We are pleased with how construction on the Kennedy is progressing, and we look forward to additional milestones as we inch closer to christening of the ship," Butler said in the release. The Kennedy is set to launch in 2020.
Like the Ford, the Kennedy contains an array of advanced features, including the Electromagnetic Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear, both of which assist with launching and landing aircraft. (The Ford, however, lacked one notable feature: urinals.)
The Ford was delivered to the Navy two years later than planned and cost about $12.9 billion, 23% more than estimated.
In August, Huntington Ingalls completed the "first cut of steel" ceremony for the third Ford-class carrier, the USS Enterprise.)
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