Get a look at the U.S. Navy's brand new $13 billion warship. Gerald R. Ford class (or Ford class, previously known as CVN-21 class) is a class of supercarriers being built to replace some of the United States Navy's existing Nimitz-class carriers with the delivery of CVN-78, USS Gerald R. Ford. The new vessels have a hull similar to the Nimitz carriers, but introduce technologies since developed such as the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, as well as other design features intended to impr

#OTD in #NavalHistory, U.S. Navy provides support in Kentucky, 1st use of US Naval railway guns, and the US launches a German V2. https://youtu.be/sgXUs55AVrE | Naval History & Heritage Command