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Aircraft carriers still provide mobile airfields that are arguably more survivable than static facilities. Even if carriers are at risk in specific high-intensity combat scenarios, they remain effective in dozens of other conceivable military operations.I don't want to be on the side that doesn't have them.
While the USN currently has 11 nuclear powered super carriers (10 Nimitz class and 1 Ford class) at any one time there is usually at least 1 undergoing Refuelling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH), a process that takes them out of service for at least 4 years at a time.Aircraft carriers still provide mobile airfields that are arguably more survivable than static facilities. Even if carriers are at risk in specific high-intensity combat scenarios, they remain effective in dozens of other conceivable military operations.
A modern carrier is several acres of mobile sovereign territory with an airport for over 90 modern warplanes that can be projected to anywhere in over half of the world's surface.
The US currently has 11 supercarriers in service and will have 12 in 2024. We should keep it that way.
I believe the usual CAG nowadays is about sixty fixed-wing aircraft plus rotaries. I think 90 warplanes would necessitate taking squadrons from other carriers.A modern carrier is several acres of mobile sovereign territory with an airport for over 90 modern warplanes that can be projected to anywhere in over half of the world's surface.
Unnamed CVN-82 has been ordered and will be laid down in 2027, launched in 2032, and commissioned in 2036, and will replace Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).As for the new Ford class the completion dates are currently expected to be:-
CVN-79 John F Kennedy - as of March 2023 her delivery date has been pushed back from 2024 to 2025.
CVN-80 Enterprise - expected completion 2028
CVN-81 Doris Miller - expected completion 2032.
The next oldest is the Theodore Roosevelt first commissioned in Oct 1986 and given her RCOH between 2009 and 2013.
No. CVN-82 has NOT been ordered so far as I can tell.Unnamed CVN-82 has been ordered and will be laid down in 2027, launched in 2032, and commissioned in 2036, and will replace Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).
I posted this a while back with details of available US dry docks. It includes Pearl Harbour and Puget Sound.Assuming a carrier take a critical but not fatal hit off Taiwan. Where does it go for repair?
This is my proposal for future units and names and commissioning datesNo. CVN-82 has NOT been ordered so far as I can tell.
Back in Feb 2023 the USNI asked the same question and got a whole range of answers including the above, plus former presidents, politicians, war heroes, those associated with the early USN or naval aviation. Some however seem to have forgotten / didn't know that there already is a USS America in the fleet (LHA-6 commissioned Oct 2014) and a Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6 commissioned 1998).This is my proposal for future units and names and commissioning dates
CVN-82 Yorktown . . . Ford . . . 2036
CVN-83 Saratoga . . . Ford . . . 2040
CVN-84 Lexington . . . Ford . . . 2044
CVN-85 Hornet . . . Ford . . . 2048
This is my proposal for future units and names and commissioning dates
CVN-82 Yorktown . . . Ford . . . 2036
CVN-83 Saratoga . . . Ford . . . 2040
CVN-84 Lexington . . . Ford . . . 2044
CVN-85 Hornet . . . Ford . . . 2048
The USN currently has a Wasp, so I omitted that. Although by 2052 it may be no longer in service.CVN-86 Wasp...
I really don't like the naming of carriers after people.Back in Feb 2023 the USNI asked the same question and got a whole range of answers including the above, plus former presidents, politicians, war heroes, those associated with the early USN or naval aviation. Some however seem to have forgotten / didn't know that there already is a USS America in the fleet (LHA-6 commissioned Oct 2014) and a Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6 commissioned 1998).