How the US Navy Built a $11 Billion GIANT in 9 Years

The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the US Navy's newest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, and this is the full story of how it went from a single cut of steel to a 100,000-ton warship. Watch nine years of construction at Newport News Shipbuilding compressed into minutes, from the first structural module lift to the 600-ton island being lowered onto the flight deck. Over 3,200 shipbuilders and 2,000 suppliers worked on this ship across nearly a decade, at a total cost of $11.3 billion. This video covers the entire build: the First Cut of Steel ceremony in 2011, the keel laying in 2015, the construction of the hull from 1,100+ prefabricated superlifts, the island lift in 2019, and the final structural completion. Then it moves past construction, into painting, final fit-out, the anchor test, and the ship's first sea trials, leaving port under its own power, pushing past 30 knots, running helicopter touch-and-go drills, and testing the Countermeasure Wash-Down (CMWD) system across the flight deck and hangar bay. ✅ Subscribe to The Navy Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZCEeYtzzrbaVz4SRH8PZdw?sub_confirmation=1 #USNavy #AircraftCarrier #JohnFKennedy ------------------------------------------------------------- 📢 Disclaimer: This channel is exclusively intended for entertainment, informative, and educational purposes. The content herein does not reflect the official positions or policies of the US Navy or any other naval units from various countries. The appearance of visual material from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) or other military sources neither implies nor constitutes an endorsement by the DoD or these organizations. Thumbnails may be exaggerated and the content might contain errors.