Talk:Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carrier

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[edit] CVN 77?

According to the U.S. Navy Ship 20th Century Historical Database, the lead ship of the new class is the USS George H W Bush, which has the designation CVN 77. It even lists CVN 78 as being of the CVN 77 class. I've read some stuff here and there that indicate that the George H W Bush is supposed to be a Nimitz-class Carrier, so I'm not completely sure. If someone could clear this up for me, that'd be great. --M45k3d N1Nj4 G4R0 07:26, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Its a phase in, thats why. The last "simone-pure" Nimitz-class carrier was USS Harry S. Truman. Both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush are official Nimitz-class carriers, but they will serve as stepping stones for the upcoming CVN-21 class carrier. The idea is to reduce the cost of commissioning a totally new carrier design, which would cost the USN millions (probably closer to billions when all is said and done). TomStar81 02:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

"The CVN-78 being designed at the Newport News shipyard is set to be named next month.

The Navy has scheduled a Pentagon ceremony for mid-January to name the next generation aircraft carrier being designed at Northrop Grumman Newport News."

THE NAME GAME: A SECRET IDENTITY -- AT LEAST UNTIL JANUARY By PETER DUJARDIN pdujardin@dailypress.com | 247-4749 20 December 2006 Daily Press

[edit] Name is official (unfortunately)

http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27323 Ng.j 22:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aircraft compliment?

Why does it say over 75, then claim it's going to be larger and thus can hold more aircraft than the Nimitz class? The Nimitz class can hold over 90 aircraft. Doesn't make much sense to say it can hold more than the Nimitz then give the aircraft compliment as less than what the Nimitz can hold. 64.236.245.243 15:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Within those 90 aircraft carried aboard the Nimitz class carriers are planes that specialize in Carrier Onboard Delivery (or COD for short), E-2 Hawkeye radar survalience craft for monitering enemy aircraft, refueling tankers for the fighter wing, electronic jamming aircraft to deny an enemy the ability to acurately lock onto and fire missiles at USN aircraft and ships, and so forth; as a result, the actual number of fighter aircraft aboard an aircraft carrier is usally somewhere in the neighborhood of 45-50 (give or take). My guess is that the number 75 is ment to reflect on the fighter capable aircraft these new carriers will have, since 75 fighters per carrier is a signifigant improvement over 45-50. TomStar81 (Talk) 08:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)