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Ford Back To Sea Trials After 15-Month PSA

Friday, October 25th, 2019

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Ford Back To Sea Trials After 15-Month PSA

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) gets underway for the first time on Oct. 25, 2019 after undergoing its post-shakedown availability that started in July 2018. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) got underway and headed back out to sea trials off the coast of Virginia on Oct. 25 after finishing a 15-month post-shakedown availability (PSA) period. Before it got underway, the Ford finished a five-day pierside fast cruise period on Oct. 23 at shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] Newport News Shipbuilding facility. The Navy said the cruise was a “culminating training evolution designed to bring Ford to life” after the PSA. During the…

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