20/06/2021
First Full Ship Shock Trial of USS GERALD R FORD (CVN 78).
Ford is the newest and most advanced Aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy.
The first-in-class aircraft carrier was designed using advanced computer modeling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these shock trials provide data used in validating the shock hardness of the ship.
A big reason why warships cost so much is they're intended to survive blasts like this and keep fighting.
Upon completion of FSST later this summer, Ford will enter a Planned Incremental Availability for six months of modernization, maintenance and repairs prior to its operational employment.
The U.S. Navy has conducted FSSTs over several decades in past, most recently for the Littoral Combat Ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) in 2016; as well as for the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) in 2008, the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in 1990, and the guided missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) in 1987. The last aircraft carrier to execute FSST was USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in 1987.
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