Newport News, Va. - Dec 2019: The USS John F Kennedy being moved from its construction dry-dock to an outfitting dock next to the USS Enterprise at Newport News Shipbuilding. Image: gmeland/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffNewport News Shipbuilding marked the completion and delivery of the 1,000th ship’s crew compartment of 2,615 spaces for the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). “The milestone reflects the shipyard’s steady progress toward the delivery of the ship to the Navy,” the company said in a press release.
To date, the Virginia facility also has installed more than 9.8 million feet of cable on the Kennedy. The newly completed spaces include electrical and engineering, allowing the sailors assigned to the pre-commissioning unit more training opportunities before final outfitting and testing is completed.
Kennedy, the second Ford-class carrier, is expected to be delivered to the Navy by 2024. Work also continues at Newport News on two other carriers in the class – USS Enterprise (CVN 80) and USS Doris Miller (CVN 81).
Ford-class carriers are the first to be designed digitally. They will sail with improved flight decks and methods for handling weapons, and a redesigned island – all of which should improve aircraft sortie-generation rates. The nuclear plants are more powerful than their predecessors, allowing for implementation of future technologies and reduced crew workloads. As a result, Kennedy can operate with smaller crews, reducing overall costs to the Navy.
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