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The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford underwent “shock trials” recently meant to show whether the ship can withstand battle conditions. (Video: U.S. Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2013 The U.S. Navy conducted the first of three in-water blasts near first-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, kicking off the full-ship shock trials process on a nuclear-powered flattop for the first time in 34 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy\u2019s shock trial event, the first of its kind on any class of ship since 2016, aims to prove the new carrier can withstand a hit in combat. The ship will go through two more scheduled blasts in June and July, Lt. Cmdr. Desiree Frame. a Ford spokeswoman, told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a shock trial, a ship undergoes three 40,000-pound explosive charge detonations which occur successively closer to the ship,\u201d she said. Exact dates for each event are dependent on sea state, weather, marine mammal activity and other factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completes the first scheduled explosive event of Full Ship Shock Trials while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, June 18, 2021. The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they might encounter in battle. MC3 Riley B. McDowell\/US Navy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Frame said the first blast, which occurred June 18 about 100 miles off Palm Coast, Fla., was planned by the Navy \u201cwithin a narrow schedule that complies with environmental mitigation requirements, respecting known migration patterns of marine life in the test area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said the remaining two blasts, which will use the same explosive but occur closer in the water to the ship hull, will take into consideration weather and wildlife factors as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the blast, the Navy planned the event \u201cusing advanced computer modeling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these shock trials provide data used in validating the shock hardness of the ship,\u201d Frame said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capt. Paul Lanzilotta, Ford\u2019s commanding officer, told reporters aboard the carrier in May that, \u201cas you\u2019ve been walking around the ship, if you have a keen eye and you\u2019ve been on lots of carriers, you\u2019ll see some extra wires and things like that. All of those connect to sensors and data acquisition systems that we\u2019re going to use in order to measure the ship\u2019s performance during\u201d the blasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) supply department don fire fighting ensembles during a general quarters drill, June 9, 2021. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they might encounter in battle. MC3 Brett Walker\/US Navy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He said fragile items \u2014 such as decorations in his in-port cabin and elsewhere commemorating namesake President Gerald Ford, for example \u2014 as well as noncombat items would be removed from the ship ahead of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are things on the ship that we just know are not intended for a battle-shock scenario \u2014 something like a commercially bought printer that you connect to your computer,\u201d he said. \u201cThose printers aren\u2019t meant to withstand ship shock trials, so we\u2019re going to remove them from the ship and save the taxpayer the expense that we already know we\u2019re likely to get. That\u2019s quite a bit of work when you have a ship with 5,000 spaces in it, so we have to prepare all of our gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also going to prepare the crew: so the crew has to know what to expect, they need to practice their damage control procedures because that\u2019s something that we all need to be good at, and when we shock the ship we need to make sure that we have the ship in as ready a condition as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew was onboard during Friday\u2019s event and ready to respond to any leaks, fires or other damage that could occur as a result of the blast. The Navy did not release specific information about how the hull handled the blast, other than saying the event was \u201csuccessfully completed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jinaki Boston, from Baltimore, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) supply department, reports a simulated casualty during a general quarters drill, June 9, 2021. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they might encounter in battle. MC3 Brett Walker\/US Navy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The last carrier to undergo full-ship shock trials was Theodore Roosevelt in 1987. Cruiser Mobile Bay also underwent shock trials that year. Amphibious assault ship Wasp went through shock trials in 1990, amphibious transport dock Mesa Verde in 2008, and Freedom-variant littoral combat ship Milwaukee and Independence-variant LCS Jackson in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shock trials are not typically conducted on first-in-class ships \u2014 though Wasp was the first of its class of LHDs and performed the test \u2014 but Congress required the Navy to put the Ford, which was delivered to the Navy years after its original schedule, through the test as soon as possible after post-delivery test and trials<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once done with shock trials, Ford will enter a maintenance period that\u2019s planned to last six months, where any damage from the shocks will be repaired and final computer and system upgrades will be installed before the ship begins training for its maiden deployment, which will occur as early as 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) brace for shock during a general quarters drill, June 8, 2021. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they might encounter in battle. MC3 Angel Thuy Jaskuloski\/US Navy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) muster to their respective life raft stations during an abandon ship training evolution in the ship’s hangar bay, June 8, 2021. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). The U.S. Navy conducts shock trials of new ship designs using live explosives to confirm that our warships can continue to meet demanding mission requirements under harsh conditions they might encounter in battle. MC3 Angel Thuy Jaskuloski\/US Navy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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