The John F. Kennedy, the second Gerald R. Ford class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, left Newport News on Aug. 12 to commence acceptance trials before its handover to the U.S. Navy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Gerald R. Ford arrives at the NATO Marathi Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, during a scheduled port visit on Feb.

USS Gerald R Ford arriving in port - Carl Court/Getty Images The U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, the lead ship of the Gerald R. Ford-class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, is taking a short break to ...

USS Gerald R. Ford is a 100,000-ton nuclear-powered air base with a roughly five-acre flight deck, room for about 75 aircraft and 11 weapons elevators. Two reactors remove routine propulsion-fuel ...

The Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here in Souda Bay, Greece, cost roughly $13 billion to manufacture. (MCS3 Hannah Donahue/U.S. Navy) Recently ousted Navy Secretary ...