The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, CVN-82, and CVN-83 are the first six ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R ... capability in December 2021. The ship’s first deployment ...

However, the following two names selected were not former US presidents, with CVN 80 and CVN 81 commissioned ... carriers named after them, with just outgoing Joe Biden (president from 2021-25 ...

Bush (CVN 83) will begin construction in the years ahead at Newport News Shipbuilding, the only facility in the United States that builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. "When I personally ...

Ford-class aircraft carriers would be named after former US Presidents Bill Clinton and ... the service's second-highest award for valor. "Naming CVN 81 for Dorie Miller casts long overdue ...