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Aircraft carrier
Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier is a aircraft carrier. The cited manufacturer or builder is Newport News Shipbuilding. Published specifications list length 333 m; the configuration for each measurement is shown below.
United StatesGerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedGerald R. Ford -class aircraft carrier
Newport News Shipbuilding
United States Navy
Nimitz class
Program cost: US$ 37.30 billion (FY2018) Unit cost: US$12.998 billion (FY2018)
2009–present
2017–present
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Aircraft carrier
About 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load)
1,092 ft (333 m) – 1,106 ft (337 m)
256 ft (78 m) (flight deck) 134 ft (41 m) (waterline)
250 feet (76 m)
39 ft (12 m)
25
Two Bechtel A1B PWR nuclear reactors , HEU 93.5%
Four shafts
In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Unlimited
50-year service life
508 officers 3,789 enlisted
About 2,600
AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) X band active electronically scanned array (CVN-78) AN/SPY-4 Volume Search Radar (VSR) S band active electronically scanned array (CVN-78) AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) S band active electronically scanned array (CVN-79 and up) AN/SPQ-9B X band surface search radar (CVN-79 and up)
AN/SLQ-32(V)6 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25C Nixie towed torpedo decoys
Surface-to-air missiles : 2 × Mk 29 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 8 × RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) each 2 × Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching Systems, 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles each Guns: 3 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun Systems 4 × M2 .50 cal. (12.7 mm) machine guns
75+
1,092 ft × 252 ft (333 m × 77 m) flight deck
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 333–337 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 333–337 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 333–337 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 333–337 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 333–337 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Gerald R. Ford class equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United StatesUS Navy exact named equipment holdings: Gerald R. Ford. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / CVN. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.