Ford Carrier Problems Worse Than LCS: Navy Secretary Mabus Secretary of the Navy Mabus. The worse Sec. of Navy in America's history. Big Crappy Ship aka USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78 ) First it was the Little Crappy Ship (LCS) that can't fight and keeps breaking down. Then the stealthy Zumwalt class destroyer with it's 155 mm rail guns and the project has been canceled and only three will enter the fleet instead of the planned 32 destroyers. The ship is so top heavy radars systems and it's Borfore 57 mm secondary guns had to be eliminated. The super big aircraft carrier USS Ford. It's magnetic catapults and arresting gears don't work now we are hearing there's trouble down below in the engine room. If there's any problems with the gender friendly toilets on the Ford, it's classified. I first came aware that there were more troubles with the Ford class aircraft carrier early Thursday morning (0100 hrs, Pacific time) on the Naval Institute website. By 0600 hrs it had been scrubbed from the website. But there's this.
Well, here comes yet another crappy ship Another LCS to Be Commissioned How long will this one last until the propulsion system gives out? $440 million for another boondoogle? Story @ http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/10/14/new-440m-navy-vessel-arrive-detroit.html
Probably during it's first shake down cruise. They should be building a tug boat for every LCS that is built. The first warship that requires a tug boat escort so the LCS can be towed back to port for repairs.