VIDEO: Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Island Lift – Perspectives

See the island of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford lifted onto the deck from several different perspectives: From atop the crane, the deck of the ship and around the shipyard. The lift was performed on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 at Newport News Shipbuilding.

Gerald R. Ford represents the next-generation class of aircraft carriers. The Ford class features an enhanced flight deck with increased aircraft sortie rates, improved weapons movement, a redesigned island, a new nuclear power plant, electromagnetic catapults and growth margin for future technologies and reduced manning.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, February 5, 2013; Video: Youtube