Command History & Facts

• Keel Laid: November 2009

• Christening: November 9, 2013

• Commissioning: July 22, 2017

• Armament:

• Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile

  • Rolling Airframe Missile

  • CIWS (Close-In Weapons System)

• Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts

• Displacement: 100,000 long tons full load

• Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ mph)

• Flight Deck Width : 256 feet

• Height: 134 feet

• Length: 1,106 feet

• Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding

• Ship’s Sponsor: Susan Ford Bales, Daughter of Gerald R. Ford