Beautiful aircraft carrier. The Russian embassy in Oslo protested as usual. Norway is a free country and can invite whatever guests it wants. Greetings from Poland.
If the Ruzzian ambassador complains, kick him out of the country. He has nothing good to do there anyway. And who on earth wants to have an embassy in Ruzzia ? Fck em.
Born and raised in Bergen. Came to the states with my parents when I was 10. Eventually ended up in the U S Navy and served four years on an Aircraft carrier. Not as big as this one, but still very lethal. It was an amazing experience. I worked in Navigation, so spent most of my time on the bridge. We were in the Pacific, and deployed to Vietnam and other far placed. Recovered Apollo 11 and 12. Now many years later, I'm proud to see this amazing ship visit my homeland. Proud of both my countries.
@@robertbraden4454 I worked in the Navigation Department on the bridge. After leaving Pearl Harbor for the South Pacific recovery zone we spent several more days practising for the recovery. On the morning of Apollo 11, the President came onboard. He flew in from the Johnston Islands. He was on his way to China for a summitt. It was an amazing morning concluding with the recovery of the apollo 11 crew. A few months later we recovered Apollo 12. But Apollo 11 was the big one.
I so respect and miss all the men and women who serve their country. They are so loved… no one can ever know exactly how much unless you’ve been a Navy wife and mother.
@@jamieteal2107 Lots of people like to run their mouths, commies in particular, about how easily they could kill one of our carriers. It's almost as if they forget what would happen if they tried...
I heard that this ship had to deviate from the normal shipping lane close to this point because it's draft is deeper than other vessels using this shipping lane. I also think that this is the biggest ship ever to sail into the Oslo Fjord. When they passed the Oscarsborg fortress it looked like they stood guard of honour on deck. The fortress played vital role against the nazi invanision of Norway in 1940.
There where lines of sailors on forward deck here too. Fjord gets quite narrow by my home harbor. So I was sure happy to see this magnificent beast so close.
The brand new Hipper class heavy cruiser Blücher was sunk at Oscarsborg 9 April 1940, and the "pocket battleship" Lützow and light cruiser Emden forced to turn around. The 28cm guns that fired the two first hits were from the 19th century, but would have caused severe damage even to a ship like Gerald R. Ford.
Ikr, knowing this thing is on our side. It could probably single handidly destroy the entirity of the russian forces. Too bad for nukes we cant touch those goblins
@brusjanburger the nukes don't matter as much as Putin would like people to believe, because its an automatic Lose. Strategically, the nuke button would be equivalent to Hitler in the bunker with gun in mouth. Putin would rather engineer a new narrative and live.
As an American this comment warms my heart! Thats what we’re here for. Ain’t no country finna fuck w you guys so long as they know these beasts CAN and WILL fight for you.
Believe me, it’s awesome! It sailed in at a slant, so I couldn’t get a good sense of the proportions. But when it passed full broad side… whoa! Fun fact. It has more fighters on board than whole Norwegian Royal Air Force has.
I was visiting Oslo back in December. The British aircraft carrier Queen Elisabeth was there at that time. It was a huge and impressive ship, really nice. The USS Gerald R. Ford is probably the newest and largest aircraft carrier in the US Navy. It must be amazing to look at in real. I wish I saw it too. it is even larger than the British aircraft carrier. 😀👍
almost twice size! British The British aircraft carrier Queen Elisabeth size is incase someone forget 65,000 ton compared 2 Ford Class carrier 100,000 ton!
Yea the Ford is the largest carrier ever built… Some 1100 feet (335 meters) long! It even dwarfs the Nimitz class carriers both in length and especially girth (due to the island placement and extended width flight deck)…
Tankies, russians and anti americans get so mad at this, but you should be nothing but happy that this mighty thing is on our side (nato) I'm from Belgium but god bless USA for covering our ass
🇺🇸 I remember in the late 80's whenthe JFK aircraft carrier came to Boston harbor, it's hard to get a sense of scale on video, they are absolutely massive in person🇺🇸
My 32ft wooden boat is in that harbor. The carrier was as large as our wave beaker. And believe me. It is an decent walk from the bridgehead to the lightning house.
I think the largest carrier that is available to the public to inspect is the Midway, berthed as a museum ship in San Diego. I believe its over 900-ft long, as compared to the Nimitz class, which is nearly 1000-ft long. That said its possible to get an idea as to just how immense these ships are. Just walking from the parking area to the ship, we get an idea of just how "big" that big is. then to walk the weather deck / launch and recovery deck, the hangar deck, etc, its huge. And then to look across San Diego bay at one (or more) of the Nimitz class carriers in port, they're over 100-ft longer yet. It was good to see the Ford finally get all of its teething problems solved, and now its the pride of the fleet.
Some of my fondest Navy memories are going into ports and allowing the local populous to come onboard and look around. I remember one time in Italy a little girl looked at the skull and crossbones on the tails of the Jolly Rogers F14's and asked, "Why do they have those on there? Do they like to kill people?" I gave her a story about a shark in a swimming pool. And while it is a very beautiful animal, it is a threat to humans and might have to be destroyed. I don't know if she accepted that or not. But I was always very proud to show off the USS John F Kennedy CV67 to people in other countries. Unfortunately, we never made it to Oslo.
Does anyone know what the size of this ship is? Looks like many jets on deck any idea how many are on the ship daily? I can’t imagine the size of this magnificent ship in person what a incredible experience to see.
It's the largest aircraft carrier in the world and carries 75+ aircraft and despite her enormous size, she has unbelievable horsepower and maneuverability.
Above blogger *gangster has stated correctly, as "Length 1106 feet; beam 250+ feet; draft 37 feet; displacement 100,000+ tons; propulsion, 2 Bechtel nuclear reactors" that can go 25 years without refueling and think about that? British Aircraft carrier is 65,000 ton, almost HALF-size as US carrier, and we, US, have 11-carrier of this size or will be replaced to ENTIRE modern 9-weapons elevators, etc. pls remember, likely Poland or near, our 10,000-ton destroyers, (always two or three), 2-submarins are standing by near Baltic Sea, like Poland, Estonia, Latavia, cz carrier NEVER travels alone!
@Phillip Banes Well yes R & D is always costed to the first in class. And it cost $18 Bn (and counting btw as it still has faults). As for 'cheaper' well that is a relative term. The second in class (USS John F Kennedy) is costing $13.5 Bn. That is still nearly 3 times the cost of a UK QE Class carrier.
@Phillip Banes A Ford class is not 3 times more capable than a QE (75 aircraft vs 60). For that $18 Bn we could build 3 QE Class carriers (with $3 Bn left over) which would provide 180 aircraft at surge over a wide combat area. The Ford provides 75 aircraft from one, albeit moving, position. I know which option an Admiral fighting a war would take. I already pointed out that the second carrier (Kennedy) has cost $13.5 Bn (and counting). The third (Enterprise) is under construction and budgeted in fiscal 23/24 at $12.9 Bn.
@Phillip Banes You know Philip when you quote Wikipedia as your source without understanding the context you really have no argument to offer. Forgive my detailed response: 1. The first seagoing skipper (a certain Captain Kyd) said when asked by an American reporter in New York 'how many aircraft?' Without hesitation he replied '60 at surge but normally two squadrons of 12 each'. So I will go with a man who commanded the ship all through its sea trials and F-35 development voyages. 2. The Royal Navy has published a deck parking plan with 42 aircraft, with a further 20 in the hangar deck, and flight ops still ongoing. 3. The US carriers operate 4th Gen F-18s while the QEs operate 5th Gen F-35s. 4. We use a different rotary aircraft delivered early warning system and don't need the Hawkeye. In any case drones make it redundant. 5. There is no way an F-18 is 'more capable' than an F-35 regardless of launch system. if that was so why is the US Navy and USMC replacing F-18s with F-35s? 6. Catapults have a weight limit and a fully tooled F-18 goes up partly fuelled and uses the 'Buddy Up' refuelling system developed by British carriers. 7. The F-35s on the QE have been proven to fly off fully fuelled and with 22,000lb of weapons. It was called 'Beast Mode'. 8. The QEs can deliver initial sorties far quicker than a Nimitz because they just turn on to the launch line and go. On recovery even when the SRVL system is used they can land clear of the launching aircraft. During CSG21 4 ship mixes of USMC and RAF F-35s were going off at 30 second intervals. 9. CATOBAR launches needs to be 'staged' and that takes about 5 minutes per aircraft. In addition when recovering, the catapults on the angled deck are lost to use. Even the Port catapult is delayed by landing aircraft in case of a 'bolter'. All 4 are rarely used together. 10. In the first 6 hours the QEs deliver more and faster sorties but over 24 hours the Nimitz delivers some 10% more sorties. 11. the lifts on the QEs have always worked. Unlike those on the Ford. the weapons storage system has also always worked unlike the Ford's systems. And please don't try to suggest EMALS works reliably. 12. Nuclear power for carriers offers absolutely NO strategic or tactical advantage. And certainly not for the extra $12 Bn it costs to operate in its life compared to conventional carriers. They still need RAS for weapons, victualling and aviation fuel. The accompanying ships are all diesel powered so need RAS for fuel. During CSG21 the QE and its accompanying ships went round the world with no difficulty. 13. What no one mentions is the environmental risk of nuclear powered carriers, the fact they need $5 Bn refuels mid life and cost billions to scrap at the end of their lives. The first nuclear carrier has yet to be scrapped. 14., To suggest a reduction from $13 Bn to $12.5 Bn per ship is something to be praised just makes me smile.
Wow, yhe view compared to the videos uploaded from the UK a few months ago. This is so much closer. All those Fjords bring the deep water right up to you. I feel like we should hire someone that works with Bald Eagles to and keeps a few on the carriers Have them circle above at ports calls haha
I could have stood much closer, on the storm breaker, but it was rather crowded there. And I had my dog with me. I don’t thing I could get the whole ship in frame down there.
13 billion USD. Expensive to build and operate. Over 1 million USD per day just to operate. All this for a warship everyone hopes will never sail in anger.
Sorry Rich the cost was $18 Bn and she has been laid up in dock since she was acquired in 2017 trying to get EMALS and other stuff working until 2022 when they let her out of US waters.
@@henryvagincourt4502 I am not convinced a nuclear carrier is worth the money. This ship cost $18 Bn, was flooded up in 2013, acquired in 2017 and only did her first trip outside US waters late last year. If we had the USA's budget we could build 3 x QE Class carriers and still $3 Bn left over for what she cost. She still needs RAS for victualling, aircraft fuel and weapons and her CSG ships all burn diesel. So there is always a tanker / supply ship. The US Congress did a survey of conventional vs nuclear carriers and in today's money a 1997 nuclear carrier cost $15 Bn more to operate in its life than a conventional carrier. That does not include post service scrapping costs which are huge. Or build costs of $18 Bn. Forgive me suggesting to a Matelot anything about sea warfare but I think you might agree an Admiral going to war would rather have 3 x capable carries offering 180+ aircraft than one very capable carrier offering 75?
@@1chish I cant argue with many of the points made, but refuelling a carrier of this size with diesel would require more than one accompanying tanker, that raises many questions for the Yanks. Where do they get the tankers, fuel from, given they can deploy a possible 11 Carrier Strike Groups. It would also require a change of design to the Ford Class taking space away for diesel tanks. My other point would be the Ford's need a huge amount of power for EMALS, nuclear guarantees that. If I was going to war, give me one Yank carrier over the QE which is a sad statement, but it's just the way the MoD have ineptly ran the Royal Navy the last two decades or more.
Jeah! It has more fire power than an average country with all of its combined military arms. For instance. It has more fighter planes on board than Royal Norwegian Air Force. And more soles serving on board than Royal Norwegian Marine had in active duty in 2020
I don't think Tirpitz ever was in Oslofjorden - she started in Trøndelag and ended up in Troms. And at 252 meters and 52,000 tons she was still considerably smaller than Gerald R. Ford. But arguably even more impressive - IMHO the last generation of battleships were the most impressive warships ever built; Bismarck/Tirpitz, Vanguard, Yamato, Iowa, Richelieu, Littorio.
@@feonor26 Yes, but Blücher was "only" a heavy cruiser, and at 16,000 tons much smaller than the other ships mentioned here. On that fateful day she also sailed with two other cruisers, Lützow (13,000 tons) and Emden (6,000 tons) - both of which were damaged and had to turn around.
First ship they’ve seen that big in terms of an aircraft carrier cuz this is classed as a supercarrier. And the biggest one at that. Cruise ships are bigger but unlike cruise ships, US super carriers could obliterate an entire country.
@@skunklover5725 It's really more like $15B. The Nimitz are between $10B - $12B; but this Ford class is around $15B, which, if you think about it, is NOT that expensive, for a nuclear propelled ship that could continue sailing for over 25 years non-stopped.... given that we have totally useless super Yachts --- just pleasure seeking ships that carry no more than a few dozen to a few hundred super rich people and their friends ---- that cost close to $1B these days. The super carrier here has 3,000 to 5,000 people and close to 100 high end aircraft, each costing $90M to $150M... surrounded by 15 to 20 smaller ships and boats, plus 1-2 nuclear subs that carries, each, around 20 ICBMs/SLBM, each giant missile containing 10 to 12 smaller MIRV warheads, each MIRV having up to 20 times the blast yield of the giant FAT MAN tht was dropped on Japan in 1045.... This floating city has a better chance of hitting a rock and sinking than being taken out by pirates or an enemy nation...
@@kiabtoomlauj6249 Not sure where you get your info cock, but a carrier battle group of 15 ships is pushing it even for the USN.....as for having a SSBN with the group, not a chance, there job is to disappear and to remain undetected, until the patrol ends.
Modern Hypersonic missiles that can manoeuvre are a threat depending on how good the targeting sensors are, Kinzhal how ever isn't one of those, It's a version of a normal ballistic missile that has been adapted so it can be launched by a plane ( Air launched ) The German V2 rocket from WW2 is a balistic missile that is also a hypersonic weapon. Kinzhal apart from being air launched isn't fundamentally that different. The Chinese Hypersonic glide body missiles that can manoeuvre however are a much more serious threat to a moving target...
What I find odd is that as an American, I have never seen an AC Carrier, tank, Bradley, nothing. I see this and videos of tanks on Polish highways, and I can not imagine it.
Just after 30 min of taking this video a small boat was shown away by gun boat with .50cal turret. There was lots of police, US Navy and coastguard small vessels around it. Plus 5 helicopter in the air.
top off provisions then set sail for the Baltic. Maybe drop into Helsinki to give our new NATO member a hello. That should give ruzzia a reason to complain.
What you think the US only has ONE supercarrier in the world’s oceans and seas? Brother the US has 11 of the world’s biggest and most advanced super carriers that are patrolling. We literally sent 3 of them to North Korea once when they started testing ICBMs.
We do. Our infrastructure is great. There’s obviously bad parts like in every other country but overall I love it. I’m also a Swiss citizen and been to EU so many times and it’s beautiful but so cramped and small and restrictive
The guy is a Reality TV show clown, beloved as he is by his Alternate Reality, Right Wing Christian Nationalist MAGA cult members... although I must admit he's very convincing when he looked straight at the TV camera and said he used to have an uncle who taught at MIT, when Trump was younger... and that uncle, Trump said, had told & had taught him aplenty about how nuclear stuff worked! Now, he knows everything --- "more than any other human beings" --- on how ICBMs & other nukes work. America and the world are so lucky, we have such a genius, alongside his friend, Comrade KGB Col. Putin... to help guide humanity in these perilous times!
Yeah I guess Trump claims to be an expert in marine engineering too, right? I mean he's a world champion in every subject know to man according to himself. Lets hire in Trump as a consultant on the next ship.
@@xXtuscanator22Xx That is one thing, but also the carrier is a weapon for attack, not defense. Also our armed forces and population is not big enough. We have instead focused our forces to specialize in certain fields. Our Special Forces for example are one of the top tiers in the world.
@@feonor26Exactly designed for attacking but as a result it defends what’s behind it. This thing doesn’t travel solo, it has like 3 destroyers, support boats, 2 anti-air boats, and 2 nuclear submarines ALWAYS. You really think a country would attack another country w an entire US carrier strike group protecting it? No. And that my friend is a damn good defense.
@@xXtuscanator22Xx That's a bit off topic. OP meant Norway should have 2 of them and I'm saying it would be useless here as we're too small of a nation for such a gigantic installation. It would be a waste in Norway.
Beautiful aircraft carrier. The Russian embassy in Oslo protested as usual. Norway is a free country and can invite whatever guests it wants. Greetings from Poland.
Yeah. Russia has no right to tell us what we can and cant do!
And considering we are NATO its not really a question of inviting guests, but allies.
We should have invited the Russian ambassador on board for a tour. 😎
@@robertbraden4454 He'd have to run to the bathroom repeatedly...
🚽🧻 🏃♂️
If the Ruzzian ambassador complains, kick him out of the country. He has nothing good to do there anyway. And who on earth wants to have an embassy in Ruzzia ? Fck em.
Now that's something you don't see everyday.
Greetings from the US🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks, wright back at you!
Born and raised in Bergen. Came to the states with my parents when I was 10. Eventually ended up in the U S Navy and served four years on an Aircraft carrier. Not as big as this one, but still very lethal. It was an amazing experience. I worked in Navigation, so spent most of my time on the bridge. We were in the Pacific, and deployed to Vietnam and other far placed. Recovered Apollo 11 and 12.
Now many years later, I'm proud to see this amazing ship visit my homeland. Proud of both my countries.
Thankyou Sir, for your service to World Peace ❤❤
You recovered Apollo 11 and 12? That's really cool. Most sailors don't get that much excitement.
@@robertbraden4454 I worked in the Navigation Department on the bridge. After leaving Pearl Harbor for the South Pacific recovery zone we spent several more days practising for the recovery. On the morning of Apollo 11, the President came onboard. He flew in from the Johnston Islands. He was on his way to China for a summitt. It was an amazing morning concluding with the recovery of the apollo 11 crew. A few months later we recovered Apollo 12. But Apollo 11 was the big one.
Bergen? Did you ever hear of Hillcrest Academy? I had many classmates come from Bergen for a year of study
I so respect and miss all the men and women who serve their country. They are so loved… no one can ever know exactly how much unless you’ve been a Navy wife and mother.
I sailed into Oslo in 1982 on board the USS Raliegh. Amazing city great people. Semper Fi
Thank you for your service! And for the kind words!
Greetings from Germany. Thank you for coming, it is Amazing. Proud of the United States❤
"Thank God this monster is on our side" - Wise European man
That is one huge boat. 😮
Better to have them and not need them than to need them and not have them!
Well said johncee853 👍🇦🇺
@@jamieteal2107 Lots of people like to run their mouths, commies in particular, about how easily they could kill one of our carriers. It's almost as if they forget what would happen if they tried...
I heard that this ship had to deviate from the normal shipping lane close to this point because it's draft is deeper than other vessels using this shipping lane. I also think that this is the biggest ship ever to sail into the Oslo Fjord. When they passed the Oscarsborg fortress it looked like they stood guard of honour on deck. The fortress played vital role against the nazi invanision of Norway in 1940.
There where lines of sailors on forward deck here too. Fjord gets quite narrow by my home harbor. So I was sure happy to see this magnificent beast so close.
Long live Norway and peace to all ! ❤❤❤🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
The brand new Hipper class heavy cruiser Blücher was sunk at Oscarsborg 9 April 1940, and the "pocket battleship" Lützow and light cruiser Emden forced to turn around. The 28cm guns that fired the two first hits were from the 19th century, but would have caused severe damage even to a ship like Gerald R. Ford.
@@Do_all_self Thank you for your assist in allowing this to happen. Greetings from USA
There have been bigger cruise ships
this makes me feel so safe
Ikr, knowing this thing is on our side. It could probably single handidly destroy the entirity of the russian forces. Too bad for nukes we cant touch those goblins
Same here and it was so nice watching it coming into Oslo i so it, i was in a little boat it is insane big and nice, thx USA!!
@brusjanburger the nukes don't matter as much as Putin would like people to believe, because its an automatic Lose. Strategically, the nuke button would be equivalent to Hitler in the bunker with gun in mouth. Putin would rather engineer a new narrative and live.
U should be indeed!
As an American this comment warms my heart! Thats what we’re here for. Ain’t no country finna fuck w you guys so long as they know these beasts CAN and WILL fight for you.
That thing is so mighty, I can't imagine the size seeing it in real life
Believe me, it’s awesome! It sailed in at a slant, so I couldn’t get a good sense of the proportions. But when it passed full broad side… whoa!
Fun fact. It has more fighters on board than whole Norwegian Royal Air Force has.
@@Do_all_self was it loud? could you hear it or did the helicopter drown out the sound?
@@hockeysladevery quiet
Thank you for sharing this video. Norway is so beautiful and this aircraft carrier very impressive.
Norway might be the most beautiful place on the planet. Respect and love from the US.
Thank you to our Norwegian friends for the kind welcome!
You are welcome back any time
I was visiting Oslo back in December. The British aircraft carrier Queen Elisabeth was there at that time. It was a huge and impressive ship, really nice. The USS Gerald R. Ford is probably the newest and largest aircraft carrier in the US Navy. It must be amazing to look at in real. I wish I saw it too. it is even larger than the British aircraft carrier. 😀👍
almost twice size! British The British aircraft carrier Queen Elisabeth size is incase someone forget 65,000 ton compared 2 Ford Class carrier 100,000 ton!
Yea the Ford is the largest carrier ever built… Some 1100 feet (335 meters) long! It even dwarfs the Nimitz class carriers both in length and especially girth (due to the island placement and extended width flight deck)…
The Nimitz class is 333 m long
The Queen Elizabeth class is 284 m . I can't really say either is dwarfed by the Ford class on size,
Omg is so big. I love big 😍😍
That's what she said!
@@markdeckard7651 😂😂
Historic first port entered on the first tour
Sorry mucker, her first outside port visit was Halifax Harbour, Canada, back in 2022.
@@henryvagincourt4502 And she visited Portsmouth a month later.
The Russian clown protest 😂
What an amazing ship. 😱
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪☺️
Tankies, russians and anti americans get so mad at this, but you should be nothing but happy that this mighty thing is on our side (nato) I'm from Belgium but god bless USA for covering our ass
No communist country has such Assets !
Russia simply jealous
🇺🇸 I remember in the late 80's whenthe JFK aircraft carrier came to Boston harbor, it's hard to get a sense of scale on video, they are absolutely massive in person🇺🇸
My 32ft wooden boat is in that harbor. The carrier was as large as our wave beaker. And believe me. It is an decent walk from the bridgehead to the lightning house.
I think the largest carrier that is available to the public to inspect is the Midway, berthed as a museum ship in San Diego. I believe its over 900-ft long, as compared to the Nimitz class, which is nearly 1000-ft long. That said its possible to get an idea as to just how immense these ships are. Just walking from the parking area to the ship, we get an idea of just how "big" that big is. then to walk the weather deck / launch and recovery deck, the hangar deck, etc, its huge. And then to look across San Diego bay at one (or more) of the Nimitz class carriers in port, they're over 100-ft longer yet. It was good to see the Ford finally get all of its teething problems solved, and now its the pride of the fleet.
Americans with Europe (NATO) will always work together to protect what we have. We are better and stronger together. Norway Love from the West
My visit to Norway in 1995 was amazing. The people were amazing.
Some of my fondest Navy memories are going into ports and allowing the local populous to come onboard and look around. I remember one time in Italy a little girl looked at the skull and crossbones on the tails of the Jolly Rogers F14's and asked, "Why do they have those on there? Do they like to kill people?" I gave her a story about a shark in a swimming pool. And while it is a very beautiful animal, it is a threat to humans and might have to be destroyed. I don't know if she accepted that or not. But I was always very proud to show off the USS John F Kennedy CV67 to people in other countries. Unfortunately, we never made it to Oslo.
Holy shit !!!! What a monster
Førsteklasses video ‼️👍😃
Perfekt YAY 😎😎👍
Does anyone know what the size of this ship is? Looks like many jets on deck any idea how many are on the ship daily? I can’t imagine the size of this magnificent ship in person what a incredible experience to see.
It's the largest aircraft carrier in the world and carries 75+ aircraft and despite her enormous size, she has unbelievable horsepower and maneuverability.
Above blogger *gangster has stated correctly, as "Length 1106 feet; beam 250+ feet; draft 37 feet; displacement 100,000+ tons; propulsion, 2 Bechtel nuclear reactors" that can go 25 years without refueling and think about that? British Aircraft carrier is 65,000 ton, almost HALF-size as US carrier, and we, US, have 11-carrier of this size or will be replaced to ENTIRE modern 9-weapons elevators, etc. pls remember, likely Poland or near, our 10,000-ton destroyers, (always two or three), 2-submarins are standing by near Baltic Sea, like Poland, Estonia, Latavia, cz carrier NEVER travels alone!
ever heard of google????
It is approximately 4.5 acres equivalent it’s that large.
@@bob80q Gee, never have, thank for the tip. I just like talking with other people who are knowledgeable in so many areas
Length 1106 feet; beam 250+ feet; draft 37 feet; displacement 100,000+ tons; propulsion, 2 Bechtel nuclear reactors
You forgot the $18 Bn price tag.
@Phillip Banes Well yes R & D is always costed to the first in class. And it cost $18 Bn (and counting btw as it still has faults). As for 'cheaper' well that is a relative term. The second in class (USS John F Kennedy) is costing $13.5 Bn. That is still nearly 3 times the cost of a UK QE Class carrier.
@@1chish it will cost more
@Phillip Banes A Ford class is not 3 times more capable than a QE (75 aircraft vs 60). For that $18 Bn we could build 3 QE Class carriers (with $3 Bn left over) which would provide 180 aircraft at surge over a wide combat area. The Ford provides 75 aircraft from one, albeit moving, position. I know which option an Admiral fighting a war would take.
I already pointed out that the second carrier (Kennedy) has cost $13.5 Bn (and counting). The third (Enterprise) is under construction and budgeted in fiscal 23/24 at $12.9 Bn.
@Phillip Banes You know Philip when you quote Wikipedia as your source without understanding the context you really have no argument to offer. Forgive my detailed response:
1. The first seagoing skipper (a certain Captain Kyd) said when asked by an American reporter in New York 'how many aircraft?' Without hesitation he replied '60 at surge but normally two squadrons of 12 each'. So I will go with a man who commanded the ship all through its sea trials and F-35 development voyages.
2. The Royal Navy has published a deck parking plan with 42 aircraft, with a further 20 in the hangar deck, and flight ops still ongoing.
3. The US carriers operate 4th Gen F-18s while the QEs operate 5th Gen F-35s.
4. We use a different rotary aircraft delivered early warning system and don't need the Hawkeye. In any case drones make it redundant.
5. There is no way an F-18 is 'more capable' than an F-35 regardless of launch system. if that was so why is the US Navy and USMC replacing F-18s with F-35s?
6. Catapults have a weight limit and a fully tooled F-18 goes up partly fuelled and uses the 'Buddy Up' refuelling system developed by British carriers.
7. The F-35s on the QE have been proven to fly off fully fuelled and with 22,000lb of weapons. It was called 'Beast Mode'.
8. The QEs can deliver initial sorties far quicker than a Nimitz because they just turn on to the launch line and go. On recovery even when the SRVL system is used they can land clear of the launching aircraft. During CSG21 4 ship mixes of USMC and RAF F-35s were going off at 30 second intervals.
9. CATOBAR launches needs to be 'staged' and that takes about 5 minutes per aircraft. In addition when recovering, the catapults on the angled deck are lost to use. Even the Port catapult is delayed by landing aircraft in case of a 'bolter'. All 4 are rarely used together.
10. In the first 6 hours the QEs deliver more and faster sorties but over 24 hours the Nimitz delivers some 10% more sorties.
11. the lifts on the QEs have always worked. Unlike those on the Ford. the weapons storage system has also always worked unlike the Ford's systems. And please don't try to suggest EMALS works reliably.
12. Nuclear power for carriers offers absolutely NO strategic or tactical advantage. And certainly not for the extra $12 Bn it costs to operate in its life compared to conventional carriers. They still need RAS for weapons, victualling and aviation fuel. The accompanying ships are all diesel powered so need RAS for fuel. During CSG21 the QE and its accompanying ships went round the world with no difficulty.
13. What no one mentions is the environmental risk of nuclear powered carriers, the fact they need $5 Bn refuels mid life and cost billions to scrap at the end of their lives. The first nuclear carrier has yet to be scrapped.
14., To suggest a reduction from $13 Bn to $12.5 Bn per ship is something to be praised just makes me smile.
I to się nazywa potęga jest piękny 😂
Now that is a BIG stick! 😀
Love Norway!
Wow, yhe view compared to the videos uploaded from the UK a few months ago. This is so much closer. All those Fjords bring the deep water right up to you. I feel like we should hire someone that works with Bald Eagles to and keeps a few on the carriers Have them circle above at ports calls haha
I could have stood much closer, on the storm breaker, but it was rather crowded there. And I had my dog with me. I don’t thing I could get the whole ship in frame down there.
what a beautiful site.
13 billion USD. Expensive to build and operate. Over 1 million USD per day just to operate. All this for a warship everyone hopes will never sail in anger.
Not over it's 50 year+ life time, and most of that USD is spent in the US generating work mucker.
If it never sails in anger or fires one shot then you will know it was worth every penny spent on it.
Sorry Rich the cost was $18 Bn and she has been laid up in dock since she was acquired in 2017 trying to get EMALS and other stuff working until 2022 when they let her out of US waters.
@@henryvagincourt4502 I am not convinced a nuclear carrier is worth the money. This ship cost $18 Bn, was flooded up in 2013, acquired in 2017 and only did her first trip outside US waters late last year. If we had the USA's budget we could build 3 x QE Class carriers and still $3 Bn left over for what she cost.
She still needs RAS for victualling, aircraft fuel and weapons and her CSG ships all burn diesel. So there is always a tanker / supply ship.
The US Congress did a survey of conventional vs nuclear carriers and in today's money a 1997 nuclear carrier cost $15 Bn more to operate in its life than a conventional carrier. That does not include post service scrapping costs which are huge. Or build costs of $18 Bn.
Forgive me suggesting to a Matelot anything about sea warfare but I think you might agree an Admiral going to war would rather have 3 x capable carries offering 180+ aircraft than one very capable carrier offering 75?
@@1chish I cant argue with many of the points made, but refuelling a carrier of this size with diesel would require more than one accompanying tanker, that raises many questions for the Yanks. Where do they get the tankers, fuel from, given they can deploy a possible 11 Carrier Strike Groups. It would also require a change of design to the Ford Class taking space away for diesel tanks.
My other point would be the Ford's need a huge amount of power for EMALS, nuclear guarantees that.
If I was going to war, give me one Yank carrier over the QE which is a sad statement, but it's just the way the MoD have ineptly ran the Royal Navy the last two decades or more.
Lol. I lived in Fagerstrand way back in '86-'87. So funny.
God bless America!
Much smaller than expected, in terms of Norway people lined up to see US fire power marvel!
Yes optical allusion in this cideo
How long are you staying in Oslo? THX!
wowzers! too cool
Did they have tours for the public while in Oslo?
Welcome!!!
Beast
That was the description I also had in mind. Those carriers are not gracious or beautiful in any way. They do get their message clearly delivered.
There's enough firepower on that boat to really mess up somebody's day😎
Jeah! It has more fire power than an average country with all of its combined military arms. For instance. It has more fighter planes on board than Royal Norwegian Air Force. And more soles serving on board than Royal Norwegian Marine had in active duty in 2020
Biggest ship to sail into the fjord, since the German Battleship Tirpitz did during WW2!!
I don't think Tirpitz ever was in Oslofjorden - she started in Trøndelag and ended up in Troms. And at 252 meters and 52,000 tons she was still considerably smaller than Gerald R. Ford. But arguably even more impressive - IMHO the last generation of battleships were the most impressive warships ever built; Bismarck/Tirpitz, Vanguard, Yamato, Iowa, Richelieu, Littorio.
Biggest warship. There has been bigger cruise ships
Tirpitz never sailed there, but Blücher did....and ended its life on the bottom of the fjord
@@feonor26 Yes, but Blücher was "only" a heavy cruiser, and at 16,000 tons much smaller than the other ships mentioned here. On that fateful day she also sailed with two other cruisers, Lützow (13,000 tons) and Emden (6,000 tons) - both of which were damaged and had to turn around.
Comment is kind of funny this is the largest warship ever built so there's no comparison not even from the tirpitz
This video has me pinin' for the fjords
I bet this is the 1st time they're seeing a ship that size
Not entirely true. There has been cruise ships sailing inn that are larger then USS. G.F.
First ship they’ve seen that big in terms of an aircraft carrier cuz this is classed as a supercarrier. And the biggest one at that. Cruise ships are bigger but unlike cruise ships, US super carriers could obliterate an entire country.
God bless America. The land of the free.
that's really cool 👍👍
AWSOME 🇺🇸
A Carrier visit usually boosts the local economy by draining the beer supply.🤣
That must be some deeeeeep water
US . Militray . Power 🇺🇸
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Super!
How the hell does something that big, move that fast, that close to shore?
“Speed through superior nuclear power.”
they know what they are doing
@@clementgoetke2385 I think that tugboat behind it may actually be water skiing
I think maybe the footage was speed up a bit
@@Cta2006 No it's not. It is a really fast boat. On top speed you can stand on water skis behind it.
This, ladys and gentlemen is what 10 billon $ looks like
Actually it's $13 Billion, but, you we're close.
@@skunklover5725 It's really more like $15B.
The Nimitz are between $10B - $12B; but this Ford class is around $15B, which, if you think about it, is NOT that expensive, for a nuclear propelled ship that could continue sailing for over 25 years non-stopped.... given that we have totally useless super Yachts --- just pleasure seeking ships that carry no more than a few dozen to a few hundred super rich people and their friends ---- that cost close to $1B these days.
The super carrier here has 3,000 to 5,000 people and close to 100 high end aircraft, each costing $90M to $150M... surrounded by 15 to 20 smaller ships and boats, plus 1-2 nuclear subs that carries, each, around 20 ICBMs/SLBM, each giant missile containing 10 to 12 smaller MIRV warheads, each MIRV having up to 20 times the blast yield of the giant FAT MAN tht was dropped on Japan in 1045....
This floating city has a better chance of hitting a rock and sinking than being taken out by pirates or an enemy nation...
@@kiabtoomlauj6249 Not sure where you get your info cock, but a carrier battle group of 15 ships is pushing it even for the USN.....as for having a SSBN with the group, not a chance, there job is to disappear and to remain undetected, until the patrol ends.
@@henryvagincourt4502 Not an SSBN, but an attack submarine or two. Like the USS Dallas in Red October.
In the background music should be rather Imperial march !
It is heavily copywrited. Otherwise I would mind. There was large crowd and chatting around me, so I had to have something.
JESUS........... ther are boats, and then, there are BOATS!!! WOW!!!
Check this song out: Pistolaudio - The US army! (Awesome Norwegian Grunge)
Hello Gorgeous!
After the Kinzhal being downed multiple times, I guess hypersonics are no longer a threat to this beast.
Anything can be a threat, just like any idiot could roll a grenade into a police station. The issue is that firing on it would be suicide
Modern Hypersonic missiles that can manoeuvre are a threat depending on how good the targeting sensors are, Kinzhal how ever isn't one of those, It's a version of a normal ballistic missile that has been adapted so it can be launched by a plane ( Air launched ) The German V2 rocket from WW2 is a balistic missile that is also a hypersonic weapon. Kinzhal apart from being air launched isn't fundamentally that different. The Chinese Hypersonic glide body missiles that can manoeuvre however are a much more serious threat to a moving target...
Please note that the Gerald Ford was built under the direction of a vietnamese "boat people" lady.
She came to USA when she was a child.
What I find odd is that as an American, I have never seen an AC Carrier, tank, Bradley, nothing. I see this and videos of tanks on Polish highways, and I can not imagine it.
I wonder how they keep boats away from it
Just after 30 min of taking this video a small boat was shown away by gun boat with .50cal turret. There was lots of police, US Navy and coastguard small vessels around it. Plus 5 helicopter in the air.
Some were stopped by small gun boats from Norwegian Navy.
DONT RUN INTO THE DOCK THAT FLATTOP IS HUGE!!
Thats a big girl.
BUILT.FORD.TOUGH☮
as you can hear. Norway messed it up with keyboards.
Haben die Geschenke dabei ?
이렇게 커다란 군함이 어떻게 주민군처까지 들어 올수가 있는지...
노르웨이 바다가 엄청나게 깊은것 같네요
крутой
Ford in a fjord.
Is this a provocation to ruZZia ? Will they TOW their (only) aircraft carrier to Kaliningrad in response?
Who gives a shit what Russia thinks?
High tide required for that passage.
I thought Norway was a NATO country, I mean part of the alliance.
top off provisions then set sail for the Baltic. Maybe drop into Helsinki to give our new NATO member a hello. That should give ruzzia a reason to complain.
with hills like that all around the port they will be flying those awacs around the clock.
That's the Ford, wait until Chevy and Mopar get on scene!
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Tiep tuc.xhuyen tầu
Admiral kuznetsov - Where is the smoke ?
“How does it move without tug boats? What is this kind of magic?”
nuclear propulsion
Đánh tat tren biển
You're gonna need a bigger...oh wait never mind. I see you have one.
Len bat noDo o ngaoi va van xhuyen bang se nho vào
Im Schwarzen Meer tobt das Chaos und die machen Urlaub in Norwegen 🤷🏻♂️
What you think the US only has ONE supercarrier in the world’s oceans and seas? Brother the US has 11 of the world’s biggest and most advanced super carriers that are patrolling. We literally sent 3 of them to North Korea once when they started testing ICBMs.
Russe 🙄🙄🙄
É triste mais é verdade ver um monte de ferro com +- 6 mil tripulantes sabendo que basta um míssil Russo ou Chinês para mandar prol fundo do mar .😂😂
big sucker
Be nice if we had infrastructure like this IN the U.S.
You should move to a country that's has infrastructure.
then stop electing idiots.......you know...democrats.
We do. Our infrastructure is great. There’s obviously bad parts like in every other country but overall I love it. I’m also a Swiss citizen and been to EU so many times and it’s beautiful but so cramped and small and restrictive
😂поздравляем Осло с попаданием в прицел! Спать вам не очень комфортно, бойтесь, как бы чего не вышло!
Да да. Угрызении это все что вы способные делать. И это все что вы умеете. А жалко! очень жалко.
Trump said designer had no common sense - and catapult and elevators can be downed with glass of water 2021
I down a aspirin pill with glass of water. Good that US has Trump to point out the weak points.
The guy is a Reality TV show clown, beloved as he is by his Alternate Reality, Right Wing Christian Nationalist MAGA cult members... although I must admit he's very convincing when he looked straight at the TV camera and said he used to have an uncle who taught at MIT, when Trump was younger... and that uncle, Trump said, had told & had taught him aplenty about how nuclear stuff worked!
Now, he knows everything --- "more than any other human beings" --- on how ICBMs & other nukes work.
America and the world are so lucky, we have such a genius, alongside his friend, Comrade KGB Col. Putin... to help guide humanity in these perilous times!
Did he now? Or did Russia Today say he did?
trump also said cant we fight covid with a bleach injection
Yeah I guess Trump claims to be an expert in marine engineering too, right? I mean he's a world champion in every subject know to man according to himself. Lets hire in Trump as a consultant on the next ship.
NATO is so predictable. This will have Putin shaking in his boots - from laughter.
Is Putin over in Oslo these days? Probably afraid of a peasant revolt in Moscow.
A Russian carrier group consist of one aircraft carrier and 10 tugboats.
@@TTTT-oc4eb ...and 4 fire brigades
More likely shitting in his pants.
NATO can be as predictable as it likes. Russia has *NOTHING* even remotely close to this.
veldig søt og vakker båt. Norge skulle hatt 2
Vi har ikke bruk for de. Vi har et forsvar som spesialiserer seg på andre områder.
@@feonor26More like you’re allies with the US so it doesn’t matter since we’d come and fight if anybody decided to touch you guys
@@xXtuscanator22Xx That is one thing, but also the carrier is a weapon for attack, not defense. Also our armed forces and population is not big enough. We have instead focused our forces to specialize in certain fields. Our Special Forces for example are one of the top tiers in the world.
@@feonor26Exactly designed for attacking but as a result it defends what’s behind it. This thing doesn’t travel solo, it has like 3 destroyers, support boats, 2 anti-air boats, and 2 nuclear submarines ALWAYS. You really think a country would attack another country w an entire US carrier strike group protecting it? No. And that my friend is a damn good defense.
@@xXtuscanator22Xx That's a bit off topic. OP meant Norway should have 2 of them and I'm saying it would be useless here as we're too small of a nation for such a gigantic installation. It would be a waste in Norway.
Protested my arse