USS Gerald R. Ford

The Crazy Life Inside World’s Largest $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier in the middle of the Ocean

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of her class of United States Navy aircraft carriers. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, whose World War II naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier Monterey in the Pacific Theatre.

Gerald R. Ford was delivered to the Navy on 31 May 2017 and formally commissioned by President Donald Trump on 22 July 2017. Her first deployment departed October 4, 2022.] As of 2017, she is the world’s largest aircraft carrier, and the largest warship ever constructed in terms of displacement.