Scary USS Gerald R. Ford - How Powerful is the CVN-78? US Navy's $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier

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  • čas přidán 22. 11. 2019
  • The new US Navy's $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier features a host of new and untested technology, including the ship’s two main turbine generators, a new dual-band radar system, advanced weapons elevators, and a new advanced arresting gear on the flight deck. U.S. President Donald Trump objected to the installation of some of the new systems such as General Dynamics’ new electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford.
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  • @geraldmurphy1428
    @geraldmurphy1428 Před 3 lety +58

    I totally agree, how powerful the Air Craft Carrie' s are. I was USS Frankllin D. Roosevelt 1976. Bring' s back memories. Retired Navy Veteran.

    • @drekarys
      @drekarys Před 2 lety +3

      Thank you for your service shipmate

    • @geraldmurphy1428
      @geraldmurphy1428 Před 2 lety +2

      @@drekarys your more then Welcome.👍👍👍👍

    • @ShahanshahShahin
      @ShahanshahShahin Před 2 lety +1

      @@geraldmurphy1428 The reason US army didn't give stability to Afghanistan is the wrong strategy against the Gurilla Taliban Normal warfare strategy is nothing against the Taliban fighters who champion Gurilla warfare and the complex geography of Afghanistan.

    • @danielrousseau4842
      @danielrousseau4842 Před 2 lety +1

      FDR relieved us in in the MED in July 1957, and we were very glad to see her. I was a Marine orderly serving aboard LAKE CHAMPLAIN CVA39. That fall we were converted to CVS39.

    • @geraldmurphy1428
      @geraldmurphy1428 Před 2 lety +1

      @@danielrousseau4842 thank you for your Service.

  • @shadownor
    @shadownor Před 4 lety +538

    I can't wait for 80, there must always be a USS Enterprise.

    • @kittymcpaws4862
      @kittymcpaws4862 Před 4 lety +29

      they should have saved it for the spaceforce

    • @cancersfinalform299
      @cancersfinalform299 Před 4 lety +39

      Who says we can't also have a space Enterprise?

    • @classicgalactica5879
      @classicgalactica5879 Před 4 lety +9

      She will be launched in a few short years.

    • @JohnJohnson-dj2dv
      @JohnJohnson-dj2dv Před 4 lety +1

      @@classicgalactica5879 another paperweight if they don't get the kinks worked out of all these new systems

    • @classicgalactica5879
      @classicgalactica5879 Před 4 lety +9

      @@JohnJohnson-dj2dv They will. Not sure why the delays but it is kind of embarrassing what's going on with the Ford. The USS Enterprise CVN-65 was the wonder of her day and age, and deployed in a record 11 months. Go figure.

  • @jasonb6468
    @jasonb6468 Před 3 lety +90

    I sleep well knowing the US Navy is sailing the high seas. Ty for your service. Go Navy !

    • @levelazn
      @levelazn Před 2 lety +1

      Sleep well that the navy is draining us tax payers money while people couldn’t go through 3 month lockdown without rioting due to insufficient reserves

    • @godzefkiel2686
      @godzefkiel2686 Před 2 lety +2

      @@levelazn don’t care.

    • @drekarys
      @drekarys Před 2 lety

      Hooyah

    • @lordzanthartehallen8963
      @lordzanthartehallen8963 Před 2 lety

      @@levelazn don’t care

    • @levelazn
      @levelazn Před 2 lety

      @@lordzanthartehallen8963 you don’t ? Or the people who can’t afford healthcare don’t ? Lol

  • @dutchrevolutionist1409
    @dutchrevolutionist1409 Před 2 lety +7

    I like how the US NAVY is by far boss of the oceans! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇺🇸🇳🇱

  • @eugenehorvath2494
    @eugenehorvath2494 Před 4 lety +81

    One of the red shirts had VAQ-129 on the back. That was my squadron when I was in Vietnam. We flew the A-3 Skywarrior, and was stationed out of Whidbey Island Washington. That was in 1970 and 71.

    • @vanderwallstronghold8905
      @vanderwallstronghold8905 Před 4 lety +2

      Once the USS Enterprise goes in service, redshirts die first.

    • @danielfronc4304
      @danielfronc4304 Před 3 lety +1

      Massive respect, my brother.

    • @kameronburg6330
      @kameronburg6330 Před 3 lety +1

      Those boats are all dead.. I spent 20 years on them.. They even shelved the Vinson.. First nuke I was on.. I think with politics today is that we are on a downward spiral.. Seriously we are worried about a few billion for a carrier and bezos gave his ex forty billion.. C'mon please!! If someone can buy your military..you don't have one !! It's that simple.

  • @care2think611
    @care2think611 Před 4 lety +439

    Thanks for the real human voice narration! Electronic voice narration is usually so annoying.

  • @dalecain1158
    @dalecain1158 Před 4 lety +23

    I served aboard the USS Kitty Hawk during the Viet Nam war. This carrier is much bigger and badder than the old ones! Love the video.

  • @petersipp5247
    @petersipp5247 Před 11 měsíci +4

    I served on the USS Constellation CVA-64. She made 280,000 shaft horse power. Kitty Hawk did too. The both of them could haul posterior...without adding to the radioactive waste problem.

  • @bryanrowland899
    @bryanrowland899 Před 4 lety +136

    This explains water levels rising

    • @mickavellian
      @mickavellian Před 4 lety +1

      BRILLIANT

    • @strawhatsgear5th
      @strawhatsgear5th Před 4 lety +4

      Lmao best comment this year

    • @fredking9118
      @fredking9118 Před 3 lety +1

      Good one.

    • @bethewalt7385
      @bethewalt7385 Před 3 lety +1

      Ummmm, how so exactly? Don't even get why you'd say that or the correlation....

    • @knotkool1
      @knotkool1 Před 3 lety

      yeah. cuz we've been launching aircraft carriers for 20'000 years.

  • @Spacegoat92
    @Spacegoat92 Před 4 lety +211

    Let's make sure history never forgets the name ... Enterprise. - Jean Luc Picard

    • @scottouellette9411
      @scottouellette9411 Před 4 lety +3

      How about U.S.S.HORNET & U.S.S. BEN FRANKLIN too.

    • @dominicfong6341
      @dominicfong6341 Před 4 lety +1

      Dear Spacegoat92: great quote but that was uttered in the face of a dire situation and eminent defeat. With such mighty performance of the real world Enterprise, I believe no captain will ever have to say that again.

    • @yongwaikeat9126
      @yongwaikeat9126 Před 4 lety +4

      Capt Kirk: Scotty, keep thing together until I get back, Scotty replies, I always do

    • @zacan-rj3mc
      @zacan-rj3mc Před 4 lety +2

      There's Klingons on the starboard bow of the Gerald R Ford! "scrap 'em off Jim!"

    • @martindevon3204
      @martindevon3204 Před 4 lety

      Um... Just before it was destroyed

  • @michaelcapuano3648
    @michaelcapuano3648 Před 4 lety +13

    Being a US Navy Veteran of 20 yrs I truly enjoyed this. I served on 3 Aircraft Carriers and an Amphibious Assault Ship. Looking forward to seeing CVN-79 as the USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was my first Ship!!

    • @dejalychhun7530
      @dejalychhun7530 Před rokem +2

      My son is on the Gerald R Ford now. He’s stationed in Norfolk VA. Thank u for ur service. I’m so proud of the US and love he’s helping protecting our country.

    • @michaelcapuano3648
      @michaelcapuano3648 Před rokem +1

      @@dejalychhun7530
      TY Deja Ly Chhun and TY for Your Sons' Service. Keep in touch Patriot Mom!! 🇺🇸💪💯😎

    • @dejalychhun7530
      @dejalychhun7530 Před rokem +1

      @@michaelcapuano3648 🇺🇸 thank u Michael!

  • @zerogamingyt7884
    @zerogamingyt7884 Před 3 lety +34

    I came here to see if they could carry both Kong and Godzilla at the same time

  • @lohengrin5082
    @lohengrin5082 Před 4 lety +614

    When You realize that a single Ford Class carries more air power than most modern countries...

    • @mst7806
      @mst7806 Před 4 lety +46

      I think even the Nimitz class carries more air power than my country's entire Air Force. Good to the friends though!

    • @michaelgoldsmith9359
      @michaelgoldsmith9359 Před 4 lety

      It houses 90 fighters while japan use carriers in ww2 had 80 such a small leap for such a large price gap

    • @lohengrin5082
      @lohengrin5082 Před 4 lety +70

      @@michaelgoldsmith9359 You cannot compare WWII carriers with a Ford or even Nimitz class carrier.
      The number of planes is a meaningless metric when the planes are so different. An F-18 Is several times bigger and heavier than a Japanese Zero or US Hellcat.
      If we are talking size, the Shokaku class carriers had a max displacement of aprox 35 000 tones. Ford class goes up to 100 000 tones. But even that is a silly comparison.
      There are a million reasons why the Ford is so expensive but the bottom line is that there no point trying to compare a 1930s design to something from 2016.

    • @reremouse1157
      @reremouse1157 Před 4 lety +3

      Tanks and CV are all irony coffins in modern wars.

    • @metalandstoneworker2345
      @metalandstoneworker2345 Před 3 lety +4

      @@reremouse1157 only if nukes are deployed. In that case, God help us all..

  • @StormLaker
    @StormLaker Před 3 lety +12

    I'm in love with the new design.......makes me wish I was 17 again so I could enlist and serve on one of these! One of my best friends joined the Navy and got to serve on the Tarawa, ferrying the Marines around the world wherever they were needed.

  • @robertclifton5795
    @robertclifton5795 Před 4 lety +18

    I was in the Marines and we got a ride on a destroyer helping us do sub ops . One of the most incredible experiences of my life besides being allows to eat in the Captains mess ..... One of the best meals I ever had also . I can't even imagine how incredible it is on this ship ! ..... Semper Fi to all who serve on this ship ..... and all services !!!

    • @rickmurray7123
      @rickmurray7123 Před 4 lety

      They are indeed a truly awesome machine. I say this as a pilot who flew missions over Vietnam from the Enterprise and America. I never got over the immensity of these man made, floating, maneuvering, machines which housed and supported 5,000 men and nearly 100 aircraft in any and all weather and anywhere on the ocean.

    • @LONEWOLF-rq5tl
      @LONEWOLF-rq5tl Před rokem

      @@rickmurray7123 Yeah,it's crazy how such things can even be built.

  • @danboren6567
    @danboren6567 Před 4 lety +22

    My daughter is an IS1 (AW) (SW) (EIWS) on the Ford and it is a great ship. Also I was a Nuke in the Navy, the Nimitz reactors are good for 20 - 25 years, the Ford's A1B is good for the life of the carrier. You forgot the Air Wing COD's which are very important. You are not pronouncing Grumman correctly. Great video, I really enjoyed it!

  • @em-loof-tonnac
    @em-loof-tonnac Před 4 lety +60

    Watching the U.S. Flag be raised and those Heroic Men and Woman in their stance alongside that ship at the end, was so moving, It brought tears to my eyes. I can proudly say, We have come a long way in our Naval Technology. Thank you for sharing this amazing video, and Thank you to all the brave people who serve our Beautiful Country (The United States Of America.) 🇺🇸 🙏

    • @mickavellian
      @mickavellian Před 4 lety

      Well said brother WELL SAID! Yip Yip....

    • @imsolittt8595
      @imsolittt8595 Před 3 lety +1

      🔥🔥

    • @DanielBrown-sn9op
      @DanielBrown-sn9op Před 3 lety +1

      Do the poor, hungry, and homeless in the U.S. bring tears to your eyes like it does mine?# We can do better

    • @boldngold5204
      @boldngold5204 Před 3 lety +5

      @@DanielBrown-sn9op the hungry and homeless people aren’t homeless because of America, most likely they do drugs or took the wrong path in life

    • @DanielBrown-sn9op
      @DanielBrown-sn9op Před rokem

      As long as we use it for good, I'm with you.🇺🇸💪🙏🏾⚡🌎☮

  • @bryane2857
    @bryane2857 Před 4 lety +37

    I served both on the USS Midway and USS Nimitz. I always wanted to be on the Enterprise because of the historic name. Can't wait for the new CVN 80 even if they are the same ship. Just love the name.

    • @ramal5708
      @ramal5708 Před 2 lety +5

      Bring back these names for an aircraft carrier, Valley Forge, Ticonderoga, Enterprise, Lexington, Yorktown, Bennington, Bunker Hill, Oriskany, Princeton, Lake Champlain and Shangri-la. No more carriers with politicians or ex presidents name.

    • @ForbiddenAqui32729
      @ForbiddenAqui32729 Před 2 lety

      @@ramal5708 some of those carriers sunk on ww2 how can he bring it back

    • @ForbiddenAqui32729
      @ForbiddenAqui32729 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ramal5708 btw you forgot uss hornet

  • @RxDoc2010
    @RxDoc2010 Před rokem +2

    I was on the Stennis (CVN-74) and there is no way to show in a video like this what just one nuclear powered aircraft carrier is capable of. The USN currently operates 11 of the worlds 44 aircraft carriers. That is some scary firepower. This taken with the fact that the USN is the second largest “Air Force” in the world, should give any nation pause when thinking about testing our waters.

  • @shawncosmos5431
    @shawncosmos5431 Před 2 lety +22

    Facianating how far radar has come. Gone are the huge rotating array (s) that have been common place for decades...Awesome ship! Go Navy!

  • @bpl3393
    @bpl3393 Před 4 lety +44

    Love it, I served on the USS Carl Vinson CVN 70..

    • @robertschmidt4408
      @robertschmidt4408 Před 4 lety +4

      Cheers! West Pac 90.

    • @GtheMVP
      @GtheMVP Před 4 lety +3

      WHat's it like serving on one of these monsters? Must be like a small city on the sea.

    • @carolynmckinney3514
      @carolynmckinney3514 Před 4 lety +7

      My father supervised the building and installing of the cat and arresting gear and all sea trials on this carrier - god speed 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @domenicobartoccioni1610
    @domenicobartoccioni1610 Před 4 lety +56

    USA proved once again to be the leading country in military stuff. Stunning

    • @trentslvis4332
      @trentslvis4332 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah, at the cost in a decaying educational, infrastructure, and social system!!!. Just look at the mess the country is in now!!!.

    • @imlivingunderyourbed7845
      @imlivingunderyourbed7845 Před 3 lety

      As impressive as their military stuff are, I feel like they're going overkill with their budget.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před 3 lety +10

      i find it hilarious when China pretends like they can go toe to toe with the US in the air or at sea. They have a large army but they're navy is a joke, they brag about having an aircraft carrier when the US built their first carrier 108 years ago so the Chinese are a bit behind the game, they use designs like the sky jump deck that are almost never used by serious navies (the Queen Elizabeth being the only exception i know of since WW2), and they built it using Soviet scrap metal they had to lie to get from Ukraine. Those are the sorts of things you see from minor navies like Vietnam or Mexico, not world power navies.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před 3 lety +2

      @PCTech Guy the Brits used to have flat tops until recently with the Queen Elizabeth class, Frances is a flat top, Brazils is a flat top but it's a helicopter carrier so it has no use for a ramp, Russia uses mostly ramps because they traditionally have heavier planes and less reason to bother with a large navy (as well as lacking in naval tech since with the exception of their subs their navy is almost all defensive), india imported a Russian carrier so it has a ramp, Italy has 2 flat top carriers, Japan has flat tops, Spain has a ramp carrier, and Thailands carrier has a ramp. If you go by number of countries it's a fairly even split but if you go by raw ship numbers or tonnage then flat tops are more common, and the countries that operate flat tops are typically more advanced when it comes to naval tech since the flat tops are more complicated and usually require more work designing air craft that will work with them. The counties who've traditionally focused on flat tops are ones who've typically had a heavy focus on naval superiority (like France, Japan, UK, and of course the US) while the counties who've used ramps are usually "making do" with ramps to get a couple carriers in their fleets without investing too much.
      Even beyond their common political doctrine there's alot of parallels between the old Soviet Union and modern PRC. The USSR knew they couldn't compete at sea with the US/NATO so they used subs to avoid NATO ships and strike at random and focused alot on anti ship missiles to keep NATO at bay. They also wanted to at least give the illusion of a strong navy so they built some air craft carriers and capital ships that were mostly ineffectual with some being sort of "jack of all trades master of none" since they were too small or tried filling multiple roles like their Moska class that was part surface combat ship part helicopter carrier but not really good at either role. The Chinese meanwhile have their flag ship that was first a failed air craft carrier, then a pile of scrap, then was going to be a casino, then was smuggled into the country to be Jerry rigged into a capital ship... not the most prestigious or promising beginning especially since the chinese are just copying the soviet designs that as previously mentioned where kind of a mess and never designed to really compete with the US.
      Sorry I kind of went on a tangent there, I've partaken in the devil's cabbage and tend to ramble

    • @frankmueller6522
      @frankmueller6522 Před 3 lety +5

      Go forward, America! Long live the Nato! Long live freedom! Down with all dictatorships and terrorists all around the world! Best wishes from Germany!

  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters Před 3 lety +24

    God bless my military personnel, in every way possible. Thank you for your service!!

  • @DJones-nl5ld
    @DJones-nl5ld Před rokem +2

    I spent over 38 years @ NNSY building and overhauling Aircraft Carriers. Every time I stepped on one, or under one, I'd shake my head in awe.

  • @calcrappie8507
    @calcrappie8507 Před 4 lety +34

    And now with the F-35C proving itself as a distant/over the horizon sensor platform, the carrier battle group gets much more lead time in case any enemy launches "carrier killer" type missiles. The stealthy F-35 will likely have the ability to shoot them down. The Ford class carrier has huge power reserves planned in for future rail guns and laser defense systems as well.

    • @roberthudson1959
      @roberthudson1959 Před rokem +3

      The only problem is that someone didn't design the Ford to launch the F-35C. Succeeding ships in the class will be able to do so, but Ford won't have that capability until her first refit in about 10 years.

    • @aranykert
      @aranykert Před rokem

      and in the meantime, millions of strong young men die! …and they all have family! For some, testosterone only ignited by killing!

  • @vonparaz27
    @vonparaz27 Před 4 lety +6

    Awesome... And thank you to all who serve/served...

  • @niagarascenes
    @niagarascenes Před 4 lety +1

    Great video! Enjoyed the update on the carrier.

  • @danielmalloy6093
    @danielmalloy6093 Před 3 lety +4

    Gerald R. Ford commissioned USS Nimitz CVN-68 In May 1975, cost 106.5 million
    (equivalent to 816.61 million today) The Nimitz was scheduled for de-commission in 2022, but that has been extended for 5 to 8 years.

  • @ninjaprogres
    @ninjaprogres Před 4 lety +42

    I like the Battlefield theme they used for the background soundtrack...👍😂

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      @mjnmjn2958 Před 4 lety

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      See more ျပသာနာျဖစ္ေအာင္လုပိတဲ့အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္ေရးမူးသူ႔အဖြဲ႔က ေနျပည္ေတာ္က ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္လဲ ဒီsee more ျပသာနာကိုခုထိမေျဖ႐ွင္းဘူး
      က်န္ေနာ့ေမးပါအေၾကာင္းစုံ အေျဖေပးမယ္ ဘယ္သူမွဂုမစိုက္ဘူး အမႈကိုအဲလိုအခ်ိန္ဆြဲပီးအညဳင္းမခုံဆက္လုပ္ေျပာဆိုမဲ့အစား အမႈတရံခံေရာ တဇာခံမိသားစုကိုပါ မ်က္ႏွာခ်င္းဆိုင္အမႈ့ေမးျမန္းစစ္ေဆးေလ
      ဒါမွအမႈအကုန္လုံးေပၚေနမွာပါဗ်ာ

  • @EthanBSide
    @EthanBSide Před 4 lety +9

    My dad got Sea-qual'd on the Kitty Hawk. This is a whole other level. The U.K., China, Japan, Russia, and others are in the carrier game now even after decades of the Nimitz Class dominance. Not sure how to anticipate.

  • @shaunkirby273
    @shaunkirby273 Před 4 lety +8

    Excellent 🙏🏻

  • @wmdecker458
    @wmdecker458 Před 3 lety +1

    Totally Amazing, Cat drags on CVA 63 took my hearing as a ACC Tech BT But overall Amazing, that was from the late 60s to early 70s. I still work for the Surface Navy.

  • @mattorama
    @mattorama Před 4 lety +35

    I'm a certified structural welder, I can only imagine the certifications and scrutiny that go into welding an aircraft carrier.

    • @IgnoredAdviceProductions
      @IgnoredAdviceProductions Před 4 lety +1

      @Chuck Taylor Cause if they're not...oh dear

    • @andersonsroad5161
      @andersonsroad5161 Před 4 lety +6

      I worked on a LNG plant Bechtel built for Chevron here in Australia. Bechtel dont mess around. I know they fired a guy during the initial induction process when he arrived on site due to his perceived poor attitude during the induction. He flew in one day and flew out the next. . Then I saw them fire their own project manager because he was caught in a compromising situation with a woman. There were 9000 people on the project. I saw them eject a entire sub contractor company from the project because of the behavior of a few of its employees. Just tore up their contract and told them to get out. I shudder at what their standards must be like in building and installing reactors in warships for the US Navy. I found their American managers treated the Australian guys on the tools very well but were extremely hard on the sub contractor management teams. You could smell the fear in the air when the Bechtel managers were around....🤣🤣🤣

    • @nerifterafrnam4682
      @nerifterafrnam4682 Před 4 lety +1

      oh they have more than one welder, never fear.

    • @mrfrisky2997
      @mrfrisky2997 Před 4 lety

      Most of the big butt welds will by Sub Arc, similar to a Submarine

    • @jeffreyharrell7667
      @jeffreyharrell7667 Před 4 lety +1

      mattorama I’m a structural welder at the shipyard shown in this video currently working on cvn 79 right now all you have to do is pass the welding school they make you take as a new hire and that’s it lol I came in with no experience what so ever

  • @Luan.S.R.
    @Luan.S.R. Před 4 lety +17

    The best Carrier ever 🇧🇷🇺🇸

  • @GtheMVP
    @GtheMVP Před 4 lety +5

    Hearing another Enterprise in the mix always makes me smile, great video! Subscribed!

  • @matthewb9241
    @matthewb9241 Před 4 lety +10

    What a monster. This ship is huge.

  • @sevenrats
    @sevenrats Před 4 lety +364

    Yeah, well the Symphony of the Seas has 3 water slides, 2 flow riders, a skating rink and 22 restaurants and 42 bars! Top that!

    • @sluggoman2551
      @sluggoman2551 Před 4 lety +19

      Yup and that thing has a much better chance of sinking, burning, losing power, etc. like so many cruise ships over the last 20 or 30 years have experienced unlike supercarriers.

    • @JohnSmith-oe5rx
      @JohnSmith-oe5rx Před 4 lety +1

      sevenrats Great.

    • @sevenrats
      @sevenrats Před 4 lety +28

      @@sluggoman2551 You aren't very smart. Do you have any idea how many cruises sail every year? Do you have any idea how rare it is for there to be any problem at all? Do you have any idea how many accidents there are on the very small number of aircraft carriers there are? Obviously not. It is much much more dangerous to be on an aircraft carrier than any cruise ship.

    • @growforit8736
      @growforit8736 Před 4 lety

      @@sevenrats hot and fast

    • @dabestnapinoy
      @dabestnapinoy Před 4 lety +2

      @cobyascalon... check this out!! 42 coffee shops!!

  • @lLooN3y
    @lLooN3y Před 4 lety +3

    Loved the battlefield theme song on this

  • @storytimewithunclebill1998

    Talk about bad ass and efficient, this thing is a beast. Was interesting to watch. Great info and video

  • @dano727
    @dano727 Před 4 lety +1

    The best video on the new Ford class that I have seen !

  • @reubencarter3004
    @reubencarter3004 Před 4 lety +4

    I hope the Nimitz class carriers are not fully retired. I doesn't hurt to have a few carriers available for mainline defence. My guess is that they semi-retire these ships. I hope they continue to maintain the Nimitz while in drydock.

  • @garymcaleer6112
    @garymcaleer6112 Před 4 lety +6

    Magnificent!

  • @adrianthomas5304
    @adrianthomas5304 Před 3 lety +1

    UK here to say we are proud of our son UK and USA brothers forever🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @patrickpepin8577
    @patrickpepin8577 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video

  • @wrestlingbear1188
    @wrestlingbear1188 Před 2 lety +3

    You wouldn't believe what that thing could do. It is literally a mighty fortress at sea.

  • @bcask61
    @bcask61 Před 4 lety +8

    Do the elevators work yet? How about the launch system?

  • @shiftycaponeixi1
    @shiftycaponeixi1 Před 3 lety

    Good to see my work put to use

  • @AshesWorkshop
    @AshesWorkshop Před 4 lety +6

    The fact that the background music is the Battlefield theme is just awesome

  • @xxportalxx.
    @xxportalxx. Před 4 lety +31

    'Northrup Grooooooman' lmfao I've never heard it said that way in my life

    • @LTVoyager
      @LTVoyager Před 4 lety +8

      Yes, makes one suspect the rest of the video when you can’t get something as simple as that correct.

    • @TDQ_Gaming
      @TDQ_Gaming Před 4 lety +1

      Referring to classes by their hull number is also kind of awkward.

    • @sdcoinshooter
      @sdcoinshooter Před 4 lety

      LtVoyager. Yeah, I agree

    • @nerifterafrnam4682
      @nerifterafrnam4682 Před 4 lety

      nothing can possiblee go wrong

  • @brunowalterpimenta5299
    @brunowalterpimenta5299 Před 4 lety +5

    Truly amazing Carrier! Congratulations from Brazil!

  • @Marissa.aprillia
    @Marissa.aprillia Před 3 lety

    Great job. Great channel. knowing i always find something new here

  • @nicholasdavies8795
    @nicholasdavies8795 Před 4 lety +2

    That is one floating town .... incredible engineering !

  • @rogaineablar5608
    @rogaineablar5608 Před 4 lety +71

    You're killing me with "Grooman." It's "Grumman," like rum the liquor, hence the double M.

  • @raymartin9091
    @raymartin9091 Před 4 lety +5

    I love our US military and never forget their families contributions which are every bit as important maybe more and often go unrecognized.

  • @markthoughtswithukrainemas2072

    GREAT Video !!!! Great presentation !!!!!

  • @terrynichols7199
    @terrynichols7199 Před 4 lety +1

    From my knowledge from VA 75 A6A Intruder squadron that was on the USS Enterprise before I went over to Nam on the USS Coral Sea (CVA43) in VA 35, also an A6A Intruder Squadron, guys I talked with said the top speed of the USS Enterprise was top secret. It was also a nuclear carrier. VA 35 and VA 75 were stationed out of NAS Oceana, Virginia. One friend from VA 35 said the rooster tail was above the flight deck,, that's moving. The Coral Sea was an old carrier when we were deployed in 69-70.

  • @trixstermillion2190
    @trixstermillion2190 Před 4 lety +4

    Damn, look at that thing move.

  • @rockkitty100
    @rockkitty100 Před 4 lety +2

    The fourth and fifth Ford carriers have been authorized. CVN 81, the USS Doris Miller, a great name for an American Hero and CVN 82, yet to be named.

  • @sweeperdave1
    @sweeperdave1 Před 9 měsíci

    Proud to have been on the design and build team for the propulsion system.

  • @ROCKINWHEELERS
    @ROCKINWHEELERS Před rokem

    Very Nice

  • @dorianleakey
    @dorianleakey Před 4 lety +6

    its interesting how difficult to understand the size it is, certain angles make it look kid of normal, then from a distance it looks huge.

  • @rodwarner7484
    @rodwarner7484 Před 4 lety +4

    Makes my old carrier I was on look positively puny but then my chances of getting lost were a lot less I suspect.

  • @MelissaTimea99
    @MelissaTimea99 Před rokem +1

    3 instead of 4 elevators sounds good. When I was on the Vinson in the 90's, it seemed like they were only ever using 3 elevators, and 1 was always dormant.

  • @westbygod_304
    @westbygod_304 Před 3 lety

    Love the battlefield theme in the background

  • @jajupa78
    @jajupa78 Před 4 lety +43

    Thank you lord for letting me be born in America.

    • @arrowup8711
      @arrowup8711 Před 4 lety +8

      Amen brother

    • @bubbleboyE40
      @bubbleboyE40 Před 4 lety +1

      Fr fr LMAO.

    • @eifeldude1
      @eifeldude1 Před 4 lety +8

      Yes thank you for allowing me to get fucked by corporate America where we worship starving billionaires who need constant welfare and thank you for giving us the worlds worst and most expensive healthcare

    • @williamkillingsworth2619
      @williamkillingsworth2619 Před 4 lety +8

      eifeldude1 are you dumb or just plain stupid?

    • @daltonturner3113
      @daltonturner3113 Před 4 lety +7

      @@eifeldude1 Move somewhere else, I'll wait

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 Před 4 lety +55

    I'd like to have seen the newly improved crew quarters.

    • @kineticstar
      @kineticstar Před 4 lety +4

      Rejected!! That would cost too much!! 🤣 🤣

    • @Mr.Bluntastic
      @Mr.Bluntastic Před 4 lety

      Bwahahaha

    • @cat-lw6kq
      @cat-lw6kq Před 4 lety

      Me too, during the Vietnam war I served on a ship built in 1944. it wasn't made for comfort.

    • @MrFlatage
      @MrFlatage Před 4 lety +4

      @@cat-lw6kq Haha go serve on a cruise ship then. Loads of wimps on those.
      To really serve on a warship you do not get comfort. That only shows how weak a person is.

    • @compache2044
      @compache2044 Před 4 lety +9

      @@MrFlatage oh shut up. It would still be nice to have improved baracks. Its a new ship after all so why not? Besides theres news that itll have a new layout. Which may mean no more boot prints on my damn sheets lmao.

  • @johnaugsburger6192
    @johnaugsburger6192 Před 4 lety

    Thanks

  • @healthfitness7616
    @healthfitness7616 Před 3 lety

    Hey.t thanks for your video

  • @rfjohns1
    @rfjohns1 Před 4 lety +14

    Wow, it’s a “sports” carrier. I’m really hoping for a muscle carrier

    • @TheTallMan50
      @TheTallMan50 Před 4 lety

      That means it can hit 30 knots faster than you can wash your car.

    • @mutaherali8297
      @mutaherali8297 Před 4 lety

      Trojan war was won by brains.

  • @jicks224
    @jicks224 Před 4 lety +8

    The music🤩
    Battlefield 1942 omg i love it

  • @j.m.youngquist419
    @j.m.youngquist419 Před 2 lety +1

    It is the man , women and the Air Wings that makes these Carries the Leather Weapons that are. Go Navy !

  • @jundeleon455
    @jundeleon455 Před 4 lety

    Ty for updating me U.S.military hardware's

  • @andrewschmidt3718
    @andrewschmidt3718 Před 2 lety +3

    The most powerful carrier in the fleet an awesome force to be deployed

  • @johnsmind
    @johnsmind Před 3 lety +4

    Man I wish I could design one of those. My grandfather was a German US shipbuilder who was pulled out of retirement to run the shipyard that built the second Hornet. He died of heart failure right after which was why he retired in the first place. I'm very proud of that.

  • @MysticExile111
    @MysticExile111 Před 3 lety

    What a monster of a ship!

  • @buckbuck9225
    @buckbuck9225 Před 4 lety

    Outstanding content.

  • @dicksonlarbi3653
    @dicksonlarbi3653 Před 4 lety +135

    Powerful aircraft carrier USA💪

    • @GreyHorse019
      @GreyHorse019 Před 4 lety +2

      Devastating Power,

    • @I.M.A.Panther3619
      @I.M.A.Panther3619 Před 4 lety +4

      Ho Chi Wang ,
      I don’t think The People’s Republic of China actually WANTS to sink US Ships or use its military against any USA targets.
      Why, you ,ay ask ?
      BECAUSE CHINA HAS BOUGHT A HUGE AMOUNT OF USA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEBT FROM THE US Treasury, and they receive bug bucks in interest payment every damn day.
      The US treasury in turn owes the “Federal Reserve” as well but I really don’t know how that happens.
      Seems more like the Federal Reserve just makes up money out of nothing and the US taxpayers gets to be indentured servants ....... I dunno.
      It’s weird.

    • @lmao.3661
      @lmao.3661 Před 4 lety +3

      @Ho Chi Wang an aircraft carrier has a very large and effective defence system to tackle threats which is constantly advancing.

    • @acuramattb4525
      @acuramattb4525 Před 4 lety +4

      Ho Chi Wang What are you talking about Its not world war 2 technology its modern and nothing could ever get in range the carrier to attack it with missiles with the defending aircraft it has

    • @johnmcdonald9304
      @johnmcdonald9304 Před 4 lety +4

      @Ho Chi Wang You're fucking idiot, you know that?

  • @vadimbanner2024
    @vadimbanner2024 Před 4 lety +1031

    USA FOR THE WIN EVERY TIME

    • @621Tomcat
      @621Tomcat Před 4 lety +65

      certified capable of delivering democracy to commies

    • @Somerando8282
      @Somerando8282 Před 4 lety +70

      Except the Vietnam war

    • @621Tomcat
      @621Tomcat Před 4 lety +27

      @@Somerando8282 shhhhhh

    • @zoltangerendas1658
      @zoltangerendas1658 Před 4 lety +9

      Tell me why, tell me why need the soldiers have to die. Really for freedom?

    • @atesone76
      @atesone76 Před 4 lety +10

      @Indi thats the last real war anyones ever been in

  • @sixpapavictor
    @sixpapavictor Před 3 lety +1

    Mad Repsect and Love for The US Navy.... HOOYAH!!!!

  • @henryv.macadamia6423
    @henryv.macadamia6423 Před rokem +1

    C'est formidable!

  • @jpthomason
    @jpthomason Před 4 lety +20

    The Captain of the Zumwalt's name is James Kirk. I'll put fifty bucks up that says he'll be Captain of the new Enterprise within ten years of her being commissioned.

    • @MrFlatage
      @MrFlatage Před 4 lety

      Commissioned her with a 'live long and prosper' even. However he has been on US carrier command staff before and is now captain of the most advanced destroyer that doesn't really work.
      If keeps growing them brass balls 6-8 years before he will be commanding a US carrier but not the Enterprise. No way they will give command of the Big E to a inexperienced captain.

    • @patricklappert7420
      @patricklappert7420 Před 4 lety

      Not likely. Zumwalt is a destroyer, and therefore commanded by a black shoe, surface warfare type. Aircraft carriers are always commanded by brown shoe Naval Aviators.

    • @jarvisaddison8560
      @jarvisaddison8560 Před 4 lety +2

      @@patricklappert7420 facts, black shoes largest ship would be a LHD amphibious assault ship which both sides can command, I was on the bataan lhd5

    • @starrculwell598
      @starrculwell598 Před 3 lety

      @@patricklappert7420 and said fly boys got to go to Nuclear power school as well in order to even be an XO

  • @timcasey5835
    @timcasey5835 Před 4 lety +11

    Glad we’re on the same team and chip in with our Queen Elizabeth class of carriers with our own US F-35 Lightning II jets (thank you) !!

    • @timcasey5835
      @timcasey5835 Před 4 lety +3

      Thanks for making me feel welcome. Just found your channel and I’m already a fan. Would love to see a piece on the Russian Kirov class of battle cruisers and how the US/Western navies would take it on .
      I’m red, white and blue all the way through but I got to say they are a game opponent....

    • @Bartonovich52
      @Bartonovich52 Před 4 lety

      @ Tim Casey.
      No need.
      Russia would reduce your fleet to ashes with TU-160 Blackjacks before you were in range to launch your aircraft.
      Which is kind of funny because this was a British play from the 1950s. The Royal Navy realized it could never match Soviet Sverdlov cruisers with cruisers of its own.. so it invented the Blackburn Buccaneer.

    • @timcasey5835
      @timcasey5835 Před 4 lety +4

      @@Bartonovich52 Is that one with propellers?

    • @timcasey5835
      @timcasey5835 Před 4 lety +5

      @@Bartonovich52 where is your 'aircraft carrier'? Broken down somewhere perhaps.... Did you know it permanently has a tug boat following it because it breaks down so often.....

    • @dkrink3
      @dkrink3 Před 4 lety

      @@timcasey5835 Burn!😂😂😂

  • @adorabledeplorable5105

    Sure wish I could do a cruise on the ship. I served on the Midway during the early 70’s. V-2 div arresting gear .

  • @emptulik
    @emptulik Před 2 lety

    the background battlefield theme is so

  • @francobarone7437
    @francobarone7437 Před 4 lety +4

    With all the respect for the technology involved who is simply amazing.

  • @francobarone7437
    @francobarone7437 Před 4 lety +8

    Is more what represents than what it is, like the Yamato and the Bismarck is just a big target at sea, nothing is unsinkable.

    • @timburm8847
      @timburm8847 Před 4 lety +2

      Franco Barone the carrier is you can't beat it with ships you can't beat it with aircraft and it's also the most protected ship on the planet because the first time something even shoots in the carriers direction the USA is gonna own the nation that fired the shot and if the carrier sinks the nation that sunk it is gonna sink

    • @VeganJerry
      @VeganJerry Před 4 lety

      Except Molly Brown.

    • @Taj-2452
      @Taj-2452 Před 4 lety +1

      If anybody shot as the carrier they would be completely destroyed

    • @timburm8847
      @timburm8847 Před 4 lety

      Vegan Jerry no Molly brown would be ashes

    • @francobarone7437
      @francobarone7437 Před 4 lety +1

      @@timburm8847 Exactly what I said, is more what represents than what really is, that's the main reason people thinks two tor three times before shooting at it.

  • @bassambouhamad7935
    @bassambouhamad7935 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful information , God bless America .

  • @ningkon3787
    @ningkon3787 Před 8 měsíci

    I hear that battlefield music in the background, good choice.

  • @DK-mc1yr
    @DK-mc1yr Před 4 lety +12

    "Grum"...sounds like Drum

  • @Michaelyinglia
    @Michaelyinglia Před 4 lety +20

    Can't wait for Enterprise to come back.

    • @ofausto07
      @ofausto07 Před 4 lety +2

      THE BIG E

    • @bestamerica
      @bestamerica Před 4 lety

      hi M Y...
      '
      yeaaa would be nice Enterprise re-duty ship

    • @gadget19k76
      @gadget19k76 Před 4 lety +3

      I honestly believe we should NEVER be with out a USS Enterprise active in the fleet. The history of the namesake should justify always having one active.

    • @rolfstamenov9914
      @rolfstamenov9914 Před 4 lety

      Was on it in Oakland as a kid!

    • @joevicmeneses8918
      @joevicmeneses8918 Před 4 lety +1

      @@gadget19k76 ; that's what SECNAV said during the decommissioning of the last Enterprise.

  • @quantumpotential7639
    @quantumpotential7639 Před 8 měsíci

    Imagine an aircraft carrier going fast enough that it can pull a water skier. Now THAT is power!!

  • @gunner2gunner
    @gunner2gunner Před 4 lety

    No matter what company owns the shipyard it will always be The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Great job on the Ford.

  • @ThaiEgho
    @ThaiEgho Před 4 lety +3

    6:56 It's 50 cent! He works as green shirt now...

  • @albertdebulhoes3611
    @albertdebulhoes3611 Před 4 lety +10

    A real superpower!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @albertdebulhoes3611
      @albertdebulhoes3611 Před 4 lety +1

      @am d Hi, in every process of conquest mistakes, injustices, and arbitraties will be committed, but today the native Americans have the utmost respect of all, and the white population of America is proud of having the blood of such warriors in their veins. I have the warriors of America in the highest regard, Tecumseh for me is a hero. There's the problem of the native Americans and the alcoholism, but I'm pretty sure that if the communities press the politicians, this issue will improve, now with the cassino's law the standarts of living have been improving, although I personally don't like gambling. You are a warrior, be proud of it, I know it's hard but it's time to fight for your people's future, so begin with education, health and the glorious memories of your ancestors, become a politician and look to new days to come. My respects warrior.

    • @Jack3md
      @Jack3md Před 4 lety +1

      am d What a dumb, completely uneducated incorrect statement. Stupid foreigner

    • @mutaherali8297
      @mutaherali8297 Před 4 lety

      Super power to bully weak nations.

    • @vaughncooper23
      @vaughncooper23 Před 4 lety +1

      Mutaher Ali foreigner

    • @MrFlatage
      @MrFlatage Před 4 lety

      @@albertdebulhoes3611 You talk of respect but why the lie?
      I shall tell no lie ... George Washington.
      So where is this evidence of any 'superpower' you claim is real? I am asking you as per the Burden of Proof in the original United States Constitution.

  • @Strato13
    @Strato13 Před 4 lety +1

    Beautiful..

  • @PatrickOCnMD
    @PatrickOCnMD Před rokem

    Just an Amazing ship. Awsome.

  • @josevillatoro7120
    @josevillatoro7120 Před 4 lety +5

    USA, USA, USA, USA....
    The best.

  • @jamesmartin9401
    @jamesmartin9401 Před 4 lety +9

    At that cost, they should be helicarriers like S.H.I.E.L.D.'s in the Avengers.

  • @bgaksvfnsbjancuk2413
    @bgaksvfnsbjancuk2413 Před 3 lety

    Amazing

  • @albertwk1111
    @albertwk1111 Před 4 lety

    Magnificent!!