Time Lapse: Keel Laying to Christening of America's Next Carrier

Watch 4 years of construction in 4 minutes, from the Keel Laying Ceremony of Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) to the bottle break of the Christening on Nov. 9, 2013. The ship and its class will carry on the legacy of President Ford for a century.

[@robertevers7791]

May you always have Gods
hands on the helm, your cause just, and
" Fair winds, and following seas".

[@rusnet2005]

Wow! Just simply amazing!

[@geomodelrailroader]

4 years, 200 man hours, and 6 years of testing (and fixing the bugs) Ford has been christened and delivered to the NAVY and soon Kennedy will be all that is left is Enterprise we need to build her.

[@xboxgamer9680]

Is the Ford currently in service or is she in sea trials

[@geomodelrailroader]

still in outfitting she will head to sea trials soon and be delivered to NAVY in the summer.

[@geomodelrailroader]

she heads out for sea trials in the spring and gets delivered to NAVY in June.

[@geomodelrailroader]

just got commissioned.

[@xero925]

I was there!!!

[@jonobester5817]

What did Ford do that was so great that they named an aircraft carrier after him? Pardon Nixon?

[@greemzley]

amazing

[@geomodelrailroader]

glad to see USS Ford (CVN78) leave dock the NAVY has a new carrier one down two to go USS Kennedy (CVN79) and USS Enterprise (CVN80)

[@davidfiddy7150]

8

[@gonavygonavy7249]

Great ship, meh president

[@GrimrDirge]

Construction is cool. Time lapse is cool. Giant military boondoggles are not cool.
We're fucking broke, you goons!

[@kyleinthought]

Count the uses of inspiring mental misdirection here.

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