Floating Disaster? Most Expensive US Ship Ever Comes With Exploding Generators

‘The flagship of its class, the US Navy’s new aircraft carrier could have a crippling problem with its main turbine generators.
A recent review of the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the Navy’s new $12.9 billion warship, found that the vessel, not yet deployed, could be obsolete before its maiden voyage.
“With the benefit of hindsight, it was clearly premature to include so many unproven technologies [on the vessel],” Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer, wrote in a memo, according to the Japan Times.
But new revelations show that the power problems may prevent the Ford from even leaving port.’
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