Wonyamulira ndege USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) amayendetsedwa ndi ma tugboat mu mtsinje wa James panthawi yakusintha kwa sitimayo pa Marichi 17, 2019 Gerald R. Ford pakadali pano akupezeka ku Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding .Chithunzi cha US Navy.

Pamene USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) achoka ku Newport News Shipbuilding m'katikati mwa mwezi wa October, zina mwazokwera zake za Advanced Weapons Elevators zidzagwiritsidwa ntchito pamene Navy ikupitirizabe kulimbana ndi kupanga sitimayo, mkulu wogula Navy James Geurts adati Lachitatu.

Ford idzabweretsanso ku Navy ndi nambala yosatchulidwa ya Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) yomwe ikugwira ntchito ikasiya kupezeka kwake pambuyo pa shakedown (PSA).Asitikali apamadzi akugwiranso ntchito kuti akonze vuto loyendetsa ndege lomwe linapezeka pamayesero apanyanja, lomwe chaka chapitacho chidapangitsa Ford kubwerera kudoko patsogolo pa PSA yomwe idakonzedwa.

"Pakali pano tikugwira ntchito ndi gulu lankhondo pazomwe tikuyenera kukhala nazo kuti tikwaniritse ntchito zonse mu Okutobala, komanso ntchito iliyonse yomwe sinachitike, momwe tingagwirire ntchitoyo mu Okutobala. m'kupita kwanthawi," adatero Geurts pamsonkhano wa atolankhani Lachitatu.

Geurts anali ku Newport News Shipbuilding kuti ayang'ane ogwira ntchito pabwalo akutsitsa chilumbacho pa sitima ya John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) wachiwiri mu kalasi, yomwe ikukonzekera kubatizidwa kumapeto kwa chaka chino.Ford's PSA ikuchitika pa bwalo la Newport News pafupi ndi malo omanga a Kennedy.

Ma elevator omwe ali mu Ford ndiye zinthu zomaliza zomwe zimafunikira ntchito, adatero Geurts.Awiri mwa ma elevator 11 amalizidwa, ndipo ntchito pa zisanu ndi zinayi zotsalazo ikupitilira.Ford isiya Newport News mu Okutobala, Geurts adati, pofotokoza kukonzekera kwake kwamtsogolo kumadalira tsiku lonyamuka.

"Tiyenera kuphunzitsa ogwira ntchito ndi kutsimikizira ogwira nawo ntchito, kuwononga ngalawa yonse, kenako ndikutenga maphunziro onse omwe taphunzira ndi ... kuwatsanulira m'mapangidwe onsewa" kwa ophunzira onse a Ford, adatero Geurts."Chifukwa chake njira yathu yoyendetsera sitimayo imatsimikizira ukadaulo wonse ndikuchepetsa mwachangu nthawi ndi mtengo komanso zovuta kuti awafikitse pazombo zotsatira."

Ford ikuyembekezeka kutumizidwa mu 2021.Nthawi yoyambirira idaphatikizanso kumaliza PSA chilimwechi ndikuwononga nthawi yonse ya 2019 ndi 2020 kukonzekera ogwira ntchito kuti atumize.

Komabe, paumboni pamaso pa Congress mu Marichi, a Geurts adalengeza kuti tsiku lomaliza la Ford likukankhidwiranso mu Okutobala chifukwa cha zovuta za elevator, vuto la kayendetsedwe kake komanso kuchuluka kwa ntchito.Zomwe zinali PSA ya miyezi 12 tsopano ikufikira miyezi 15.Tsopano Navy ili ndi nthawi yowoneka ngati yotseguka yokonzekera ma AWE a Ford.

Ma AWE ndi gawo lofunikira pakupangitsa zonyamulira zamtundu wa Ford kukhala zakupha kwambiri powonjezera kuchuluka kwa mitundu ya ndege ndi 25 mpaka 30 peresenti poyerekeza ndi zonyamulira ndege zamtundu wa Nimitz.Mavuto a mapulogalamu ndi ma elevator pa Ford awalepheretsa kugwira ntchito moyenera.

Gulu lankhondo la Navy silinatchule kwambiri tsatanetsatane wa vuto la kuthamanga kwa Ford, komwe kumakhudza ma generator akuluakulu a sitimayo omwe amayendetsedwa ndi nthunzi yopangidwa ndi zida ziwiri za nyukiliya za Ford.Ma reactors akugwira ntchito momwe akuyembekezeredwa.Komabe, ma turbines amafunikira kukonzanso kosayembekezereka komanso kwakukulu, magwero odziwa bwino kukonzanso adauza USNI News.

"Zinthu zonse zitatu zomwe zidayambitsa - kukonza zida za nyukiliya zomwe tidaziwona panthawi yoyeserera panyanja, zomwe zikugwirizana ndi kuchuluka kwa ntchito zomwe zachitika pambuyo pa kugwedezeka ndikumaliza ma elevator - zonse zikuyenda nthawi imodzi," Geurts adatero paumboni wa Marichi."Chifukwa chake, Okutobala pakali pano ndiye lingaliro lathu labwino kwambiri.Zombo zadziwitsidwa za izi.Akugwiranso ntchito yokonzekera sitima pambuyo pake. "

Ben Werner ndi wolemba antchito ku USNI News.Adagwirapo ntchito ngati wolemba pawokha ku Busan, South Korea, komanso ngati wolemba ntchito yemwe amalemba zamaphunziro ndi makampani ogulitsa pagulu ku The Virginian-Pilot ku Norfolk, Va., Nyuzipepala ya State ku Columbia, SC, Savannah Morning News ku Savannah, Ga. ., ndi Baltimore Business Journal.Anapeza digiri ya bachelor ku yunivesite ya Maryland ndi digiri ya masters ku yunivesite ya New York.