USS Enterprise (CVN-80)

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Artist's impression of the future CVN-80
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Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameEnterprise
Namesake USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
Awarded
  • 23 May 2016 (advance planning)
  • 31 January 2019 (construction)
Builder Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down
  • 5 April 2022 [1] [2]
  • 27 August 2022 (official) [3]
LaunchedNovember 2025 (planned) [4]
Sponsored by Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles
Commissioned2029 (planned) [5]
IdentificationCVN-80
StatusUnder construction [6]
General characteristics
Class and type Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier
DisplacementAbout 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load) [7]
Length1,106 ft (337 m)
Beam134 ft (41 m)
Draft39 ft (12 m)
Installed powerTwo A1B nuclear reactors
PropulsionFour shafts
SpeedIn excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
RangeUnlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement4,660
Armament
Aircraft carriedMore than 80, approx. up to 90 combat aircraft
Aviation facilities1,092 ft × 256 ft (333 m × 78 m) flight deck

USS Enterprise (CVN-80) will be the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier to be built for the United States Navy. [8] [9] She will be the ninth United States naval vessel and third aircraft carrier to bear the name, and is scheduled to be in operation by 2029. Her construction began in August 2017 with a steel-cutting ceremony. [10]

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Naming

On 1 December 2012, during the presentation of a pre-recorded speech at the inactivation ceremony for USS Enterprise (CVN-65), then-Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that CVN-80 would be named Enterprise. [11] She will be the ninth ship and the third aircraft carrier in the history of the United States Navy to bear the name. [9] CVN-80 will also be the first American supercarrier not to be named in honor of a person since America was commissioned in 1966. In December 2016, Mabus chose Olympic gold medalists Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles to sponsor the ship. [12]

Hangar

The CVN-80 has a direct upgrade in hangar space from its predecessor CVN-79, the internal hangar can house up to 50 mid-sized aircraft such as the F-35C, up to 20 mid-sized helicopters such as the Sikorsky HH-60H and several more large refueling and radar surveillance aircraft.[ citation needed ]

Construction

The ship's sponsors Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, joined by Newport News Shipbuilding president Jennifer Boykin, sign a 35-ton steel plate used to begin the construction of Enterprise CVN80 First Cut of Steel (36828380355).jpg
The ship's sponsors Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, joined by Newport News Shipbuilding president Jennifer Boykin, sign a 35-ton steel plate used to begin the construction of Enterprise

CVN-80 is being built by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. CVN-80 is the first aircraft carrier completely designed and built through digital platforms. [13] The first cut of steel ceremony, marking the beginning of fabrication of the ship's components, was held on 21 August 2017, [14] with the ship's sponsors Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles present. [15] Construction began in advance of the purchase contract and construction award, in early 2018. [16]

Steel from CVN-65 will be recycled and used in the construction of CVN-80. [17] [6] As of August 2022, approximately 20,000 pounds of steel from CVN-65 has been salvaged and recycled for inclusion into CVN-80, [18] with another 15,000 pounds still to be processed, for a total of 35,000 pounds. [13] Enterprise will also incorporate four portholes taken from CV-6, her World War II predecessor. [19]

Enterprise will replace USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and is scheduled to be launched in November 2025, [4] with a planned delivery date of March 2028. [20] This date has since slipped to September 2029, citing suppliers’ slow recovery from production disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. [21]

The ship's keel was laid, with no specific ceremony, on 5 April 2022, three weeks ahead of schedule. [1] The shipbuilder held an official keel-laying ceremony on 27 August of the same year. [18] [3]

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