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Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carriers

Also searchable as Ford Class, Ford Class Aircraft Carrier, Ford Class Aircraft Carriers, Gerald R. Ford Class, Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier.

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  1. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:09:12A superstructure for a new Long Beach-style cruiserQ&A
  2. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:06:20A $5 trillion US Navy: escorts, carriers and maritime logisticsQ&A
  3. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:50:54Could Canada afford a large aircraft carrier?Notable Point
  4. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:29:36Which modern Western warships still have armour?Q&A
  5. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:55:42British carrier studies approached Ford-class scaleQ&A
  6. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:05:44EMALS maturity, maintenance, and supplier pressureNotable Point
  7. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:31Steam catapults as industrial insurance against EMALSQ&A
  8. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:05:02When a naval port visit becomes coerciveQ&A
  9. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    1:15:33Proposed changes to LCS, Zumwalt and FordNotable Point
  10. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    2:53:23Slow carrier construction also slows technical learningNotable Point
  11. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:55:29What successful naval technology transitions look likeQ&A
  12. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    39:07Fleet composition follows operating waters and national interestsChapter
  13. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    3:07:37Carriers and amphibious shipbuilding detailsChapter
  14. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    4:26:03Could battleships use modified small modular reactors?Q&A
  15. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    4:32:14Why might battleships initially cost more than carriers?Q&A
  16. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    5:20:23Why does the plan buy one carrier every four years?Q&A
  17. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:45:17Delaying USS Nimitz to preserve carrier numbersQ&A
  18. Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)
    1:25:05Why plumbing failures are credible on a Ford-class carrierQ&A
  19. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:05:38How much cabling does a supercarrier require?Q&A
  20. Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service
    2:59:09Gerald R. Ford is a difficult first-of-class, not a planned one-offQ&A
  21. What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping
    1:05:53Public-yard contraction and the shipbuilding workforceChapter
  22. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
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  23. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    6:04:29What a return from EMALS to steam catapults would involveQ&A
  24. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:34:10Will France's next carrier surpass the Ford class?Q&A
  25. Battlestar Galactica: Logistics, Leadership & Realism
    17:36Passenger ships cannot become permanent habitats without refit supportChapter
  26. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    53:29Who actually names United States warships?Q&A
  27. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:01:53Graf Zeppelin and the risk of too much new technologyQ&A
  28. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:47:13What Constellation and carrier delays revealQ&A
  29. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:10:12Ford-class delays and shipbuilding capacityQ&A
  30. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    4:13Presidential carrier names and protection from cancellationQ&A
  31. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    3:07:18Why naming a Ford-class carrier remains politicalQ&A
  32. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    2:34:53Could the Panama Canal be enlarged for Ford-class carriers?Q&A
  33. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    3:22:15How maintenance docks constrained the Ford-class carrier's sizeNotable Point
  34. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    3:45:45Modern carriers sent back to the Second World WarQ&A
  35. The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin
    1:12:02Why a supercarrier can overwhelm a smaller navyNotable Point
  36. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    29:47A forty-year production span makes one class serve several erasNotable Point
  37. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    43:20What the A4W designation reveals about reactor maturityNotable Point
  38. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    2:01:25Subclasses trace the Nimitz design’s evolution toward FordNotable Point
  39. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    2:11:12Visible carrier deterrence and hidden submarine deterrenceChapter
  40. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    57:29Why every carrier programme repeats old argumentsNotable Point
  41. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    12:50Forrestal marks a Dreadnought-like carrier breakChapter
  42. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    19:03Why carrier crew savings must be designed inQ&A
  43. Brushipdock(156) with ShipShape in Narvik
    13:54Ford-class carrier in Narvik fjordQ&A
  44. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    4:21:51Practical upper limits for carriers and battleshipsQ&A
  45. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    1:11:02Continuous production reduces procurement riskNotable Point
  46. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:46:56A Ford-sized battleship could carry twelve 18-inch gunsQ&A
  47. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    2:45:49How large a transport could routinely use a Ford-class carrierQ&A
  48. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:04:43What makes a supercarrier more than a fleet carrierChapter
  49. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    25:50CVN-65, CVN-80, and the Enterprise class-name questionNotable Point
  50. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    53:07The Enterprise name and procurement politicsNotable Point
  51. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    2:11:31Which modern warship would most impress observers in 1914?Q&A
  52. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    59:23Ford-class problems came from changing many systems togetherQ&A
  53. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:35:24A surface combatant should use a surface-ship reactorQ&A
  54. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    2:28:07Modern air groups overwhelm Second World War carrier fleetsQ&A
  55. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    1:25:26Long development as the price of adaptabilityNotable Point
  56. Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century
    21:05Modularity explains the long development cycleNotable Point
  57. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:44:02A Ford-class carrier in the 1920s would trigger a global shockQ&A
  58. Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)
    57:38Ammunition mass and displacement plausibilityNotable Point
  59. Bruships 69: The Decider
    54:28Staging new technology in Ford-class carriersQ&A
  60. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    3:13:39How a symbolic ship name can protect a procurement programNotable Point
  61. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    3:11:31Carrier crew size reflects the operating modelQ&A
  62. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    34:28Why changing U.S. carrier size does not solve force structureQ&A
  63. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    3:01:32Carrier design must fit the navy that operates itChapter
  64. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    5:03:53The Ford class after Doris MillerQ&A
  65. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:44:14When old ships stop being worth keepingQ&A
  66. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    2:02:09The Ford class problem is resources, not foreign expertiseQ&A
  67. Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations
    3:32:48Ford-class ambition and crew-saving systemsQ&A
  68. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    20:46Gerald R. Ford class: one island, better close-in gunsQ&A
  69. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:24:37EMALS maturity aboard USS Gerald R. Ford in 2020Q&A
  70. An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)
    20:06USS Enterprise and nuclear-carrier presenceNotable Point