Jirgin dakon kaya USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) yana sarrafa shi ta hanyar tugboats a cikin kogin James yayin juyin halittar jirgin ruwa a ranar 17 ga Maris, 2019 Gerald R. Ford a halin yanzu yana ci gaba da samunsa bayan girgizar kasa a Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding .Hoton sojojin ruwan Amurka.

Lokacin da USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) ya bar Newport News Shipbuilding a tsakiyar Oktoba, wasu daga cikin Advanced Weapons Elevators ne kawai za a yi amfani da su yayin da sojojin ruwa ke ci gaba da fafutukar ganin an tura jirgin, in ji shugaban saye na Navy James Geurts a ranar Laraba.

Ford za ta mayar da ita ga sojojin ruwa tare da adadin da ba a bayyana ba na Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) da ke aiki lokacin da ya bar kasancewarta bayan shakedown (PSA).Rundunar sojin ruwan tana kuma kokarin gyara matsalar tuwo da aka gano a lokacin gwajin teku, wanda shekara daya da ta wuce ya sa Ford ta koma tashar jiragen ruwa gabanin shirin ta na PSA.

"Muna aiki a yanzu tare da jiragen sama kan abin da muke bukata don samun cikakke don su iya gudanar da dukkan ayyukan a cikin Oktoba, kuma ga duk wani aikin da ba a yi ba, yadda za mu yi gashin gashin da ke aiki a ciki. kan lokaci, ”in ji Geurts yayin wani taron manema labarai a ranar Laraba.

Geurts ya kasance a Newport News Shipbuilding don kallon ma'aikata a farfajiyar ƙasa suna saukar da tsibirin a kan bene na John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), wanda aka tsara don yin baftisma daga baya a wannan shekara.Ford's PSA yana faruwa a farfajiyar Newport News kusa da wurin ginin Kennedy.

Gilif da ke cikin Ford sune abubuwa na ƙarshe da ke buƙatar aiki, in ji Geurts.Biyu daga cikin lif 11 sun kammala, kuma ana ci gaba da aikin sauran tara.Ford zai bar Newport News a watan Oktoba, in ji Geurts, yana bayyana shirye-shiryensa na gaba ya dogara da wannan ranar tashi.

"Dole ne mu horar da ma'aikata kuma mu sami ƙwararrun ma'aikatan jirgin, mu fitar da sauran jirgin, sannan mu ɗauki duk waɗannan darussan da aka koya kuma ... zuba su cikin sauran wannan ƙirar" ga sauran ajin Ford, in ji Geurts."Don haka dabarunmu na wannan jirgin saman yana tabbatar da duk fasahohin sannan kuma da sauri rage lokaci da farashi da rikitarwa don sa su cikin jiragen ruwa masu zuwa."

An tsara Ford don turawa 2021.Tsarin lokaci na asali ya haɗa da kammala PSA a wannan bazara sannan kuma ciyar da sauran 2019 da 2020 shirya ma'aikatan jirgin.

Koyaya, yayin ba da shaida a gaban Majalisa a cikin Maris, Geurts ya ba da sanarwar kammala samar da Ford zuwa Oktoba saboda matsalolin lif, matsalar tsarin motsa jiki da kuma yawan aiki.Abin da PSA na wata 12 ya kasance yanzu ya kai watanni 15.Yanzu Rundunar Sojan Ruwa tana da tsarin lokaci mai buɗe ido don gyara Ford's AWEs.

AWEs wani sashe ne mai mahimmanci na sanya masu jigilar Ford-aji su zama masu mutuwa ta hanyar haɓaka ƙimar yawan jiragen sama da kashi 25 zuwa 30 cikin ɗari idan aka kwatanta da masu jigilar jiragen Nimitz-class.Matsalolin software tare da lif akan Ford sun hana su yin aiki daidai.

Rundunar sojin ruwa ta yi kasa a gwiwa wajen bayyana matsalar tukin jirgin na Ford, wanda ya hada da manyan injinan injin din jirgin da ke tukawa da tururin da na'urorin samar da makamashin nukiliya biyu na Ford suka kera.Reactors suna aiki kamar yadda aka zata.Duk da haka, injinan injinan injinan na buƙatar gyare-gyaren da ba a zata ba kuma suna da yawa, kamar yadda majiyoyin da suka saba da gyare-gyaren suka shaida wa USNI News.

"Dukkan waɗannan abubuwan guda uku masu haddasawa - yin gyare-gyare ga tashar makamashin nukiliya da muka lura yayin gwajin teku, dacewa da duk aikin isar da isar da sako bayan girgizar ƙasa da kuma gama hawan hawan - dukkansu suna tafiya lokaci guda," Geurts ya ce yayin shaidar Maris.“Don haka, Oktoba a yanzu shine mafi kyawun kimanta mu.An sanar da rundunar sojojin da hakan.Suna yin hakan a cikin tsarin hawan jirginsu daga baya."

Ben Werner marubucin ma'aikaci ne na Labaran USNI.Ya yi aiki a matsayin marubuci mai zaman kansa a Busan, Koriya ta Kudu, kuma a matsayin marubucin ma'aikaci wanda ke ba da ilimi da kamfanonin kasuwanci na jama'a don The Virginian-Pilot a Norfolk, Va., Jaridar Jiha a Columbia, SC, Savannah Morning News a Savannah, Ga ., da kuma Baltimore Business Journal.Ya sami digiri na farko a Jami'ar Maryland sannan ya yi digiri na biyu a Jami'ar New York.