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Trump on Ford-Class Supercarrier: ‘We’re going to be upping that to a different class of aircraft carrier’

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Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao has inherited the Ford-class aircraft carrier review launched by his predecessor, John Phelan, and, with it, the decision on the future of the USS William J. Clinton and USS George W. Bush, neither of which has been assigned to a defense contractor. Phelan was fired recently. President Donald Trump has mulled an executive order requiring traditional steam catapults and hydraulic elevators on future U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The USS Enterprise and USS Doris Miller now cost more than the $13.3 billion USS Gerald R. Ford — $14.25 billion and $15.

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33 Percent of America’s Rare Seawolf-Class ‘Apex Predator’ Nuclear Attack Submarines Will Be Retired

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The USS Connecticut (SSN-22), one of only three Seawolf-class submarines ever built, struck an underwater mountain in the South China Sea in October 2021, causing damage severe enough that early speculation suggested it might never return to service. After more than four years of repairs at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the boat is now scheduled to rejoin the fleet by the end of 2026.

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China’s Next Generation Stealth Frigate Makes First Carrier Escort Deployment: How Capable is the Type 054B Class?

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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has deployed its first frigate of the new heavily enhanced Type 054B class, the Luohe, as part of the carrier task group led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning, marking the new class of warship’s first far-seas mission since entering service. The ability of Chinese frigates to contribute to the operational capabilities of carrier groups has long been overshadowed by the capabilities of the much larger Type 052D and Type 055 destroyers, which carrier larger sensor and armaments suites and more diverse arrays of more capable missiles.

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