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After record-breaking deployment, on-time maintenance availability for Ford will be top priority, official says
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‘Crew Exhaustion’: USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Is Being Forced Past the Breaking Point
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy's newest and most expensive aircraft carrier at $13 billion, just set a post-Vietnam record for longest U.S. carrier deployment at 297 days. The deployment has been plagued by sewage system failures, a March 12 laundry fire that damaged 100 berths and injured 3 sailors, and 32 maintenance calls in 2025. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle confirms Ford will likely reach 11 months deployed.
After record-breaking deployment, on-time maintenance availability for Ford will be top priority, official says
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Once the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford's (CVN-78) record-breaking deployment concludes, Navy leaders say working through a timely maintenance availability will be a top priority, after a fire onboard led to over 100 destroyed sleeping areas and roughly 200 injured sailors. “We’re working very closely with our industry partners on how we’re going to get out in the Ford in kind of record time as she goes through some maint…
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier and the U.S. Navy's newest asset, surpassed 300 days of service on the 19th (local time), setting a record for the longest sea deployment in over 50 years since the Vietnam War. This "super carrier," which cost $13.3 billion (approximately 19.6 trillion won) to build, was originally scheduled to return after a six-month mission, but its deployment has been prolonged due to a series of …
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