The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Statistics



Name: Gerald R. Ford
Namesake: Gerald R. Ford
Awarded: 10 September 2008
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Cost: $12.8 billion + $4.7 billion R&D (estimated)
Laid down: 13 November 2009
Launched: 11 October 2013
Sponsored by: Susan Ford
Christened: 9 November 2013
Acquired: 31 May 2017
Commissioned: 22 July 2017
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
Status: In active service, as of 2017




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