--CVN-78 ~ 2013--

The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers (or Ford-class) will be the next generation supercarrier for the United States Navy. Before its redesignation as the Ford-class (CVN-78), this new class of carriers was known as the CVNX carrier program ("X" meaning "in development") and then as the CVN-21 carrier program. (Here, the "21" is not a hull number; it is common in "future" plans in the U.S. military, as an allusion to 21st century, to distinguish from existing 20th century equipment.)
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The first hull of the CVN-21 line will be Gerald R. FordTemplate:WP Ships USS instances. The CVN-21 uses the basic hull design of the preceding Nimitz-class.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercarrier
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford_class_aircraft_carrier