US Navy 100,000-Ton Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Could Get Massively Redesigned to Look Something Like a WWII Essex-Class

US Navy 100,000-Ton Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers Could Get Massively Redesigned to Look Something Like a WWII Essex-Class

The US Navy is evaluating a potentially major change to future Ford-class aircraft carriers: moving the ship’s island—the multi-story command-and-control superstructure—farther forward toward the middle of the flight deck. According to the Washington Post, the review comes in response to President Donald Trump’s preference that modern carriers more closely resemble their World War II predecessors. USS Intrepid Essex-Class Aircraft Carrier 19Fort…