Isithwali sendiza i-USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) siqondiswa izikebhe ezidonsayo ku-James River ngesikhathi sokushintsha komkhumbi ngoMashi 17, 2019 uGerald R. Ford okwamanje utholakala ngemuva kokunyakaziswa e-Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. .Isithombe se-US Navy.

Lapho i-USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) ishiya i-Newport News Shipbuilding maphakathi no-Okthoba, amanye kuphela ama-Advanced Weapons Elevator ayo azokwazi ukusetshenziswa njengoba iNavy iqhubeka nokuzabalaza ekwenzeni umkhumbi ukwazi ukusebenziseka, kusho isikhulu sokutholwa kweNavy uJames Geurts ngoLwesithathu.

I-Ford izobuyisela ku-Navy nenombolo engashiwongo ye-Advanced Weapons Elevators (AWEs) esebenzayo uma ishiya ukutholakala kwayo ngemuva kokushaywa phansi (i-PSA).Umbutho Wamasosha Amanzi futhi usebenzela ukulungisa inkinga ye-propulsion etholwe ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kolwandle, okuthe ngonyaka odlule kwabangela ukuthi iFord ibuyele ethekwini ngaphambi kwePSA yayo ehleliwe.

“Kumanje sisebenzisana nemikhumbi ukuthi yimaphi amakheshi okudingeka sibe nawo aphelele ukuze akwazi ukusebenzisa wonke umsebenzi ngo-Okthoba, futhi kunoma yimuphi umsebenzi ongenziwanga, sizowenza kanjani umsebenzi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi,” kusho uGeurts esithangamini nabezindaba ngoLwesithathu.

UGeurts ubese-Newport News Shipbuilding ukuyobuka abasebenzi egcekeni behlisa isiqhingi endaweni ye-second-class u-John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), okubhekwe ukuthi abhapathizwe ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.I-PSA yakwaFord yenzeka egcekeni leNewport News eduze nendawo okwakhiwa kuyo uKennedy.

Amakheshi agibela kwaFord ayizinto zokugcina ezidinga umsebenzi, kusho uGeurts.Amakheshi amabili kwayi-11 aseqediwe, kanti umsebenzi kulawo ayisishiyagalolunye asele uyaqhubeka.IFord izoshiya iNewport News ngo-Okthoba, kusho uGeurts, echaza ukulungela kwayo ikusasa kuncike kulolu suku lokuhamba.

“Kufanele siqeqeshe abasebenzi futhi sinikeze abasebenzi izitifiketi, sihlakaze wonke umkhumbi, bese sithatha zonke lezo zifundo esizifundile futhi … sizithele kulo lonke lolu hlelo” kulo lonke ikilasi lakwaFord, kusho uGeurts."Ngakho-ke isu lethu lalowo mkhumbi oholayo lifakazela bonke ubuchwepheshe bese sinciphisa ngokushesha isikhathi nezindleko nobunzima ukuze singene emikhunjini elandelayo."

I-Ford ihlelelwe ukuthunyelwa ngo-2021.Umugqa wesikhathi wangempela wawuhlanganisa ukuqeda i-PSA kuleli hlobo bese kuchithwa ingxenye esele yonyaka ka-2019 no-2020 ukulungisa ithimba labasebenzi ukuba lisebenze.

Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi sobufakazi phambi kweCongress ngoMashi, uGeurts wamemezela ukuthi usuku lokuphothula ukutholakala kweFord luhlehliselwe emuva ku-Okthoba ngenxa yezinkinga zamakheshi, inkinga yesistimu yokudonsa kanye nomsebenzi wonke.Yayiyini i-PSA yezinyanga eziyi-12 manje isifinyelela ezinyangeni eziyi-15.Manje i-Navy inomugqa wesikhathi obonakala uvulekile wokulungisa ama-AWEs akwa-Ford.

Ama-AWE ayingxenye ebalulekile yokwenza abathwali besigaba sakwa-Ford babe yingozi kakhulu ngokwandisa izinga lokukhiqiza indiza ngamaphesenti angama-25 kuya kwangu-30 uma kuqhathaniswa nabathwali bezindiza besigaba se-Nimitz.Izinkinga zesoftware ngamakheshi kwaFord ziwavimbile ekusebenzeni ngendlela efanele.

I-Navy ayizange ikhulume kakhulu ekuchazeni inkinga nge-propulsion ye-Ford, ehlanganisa ama-generator ayinhloko e-turbine yomkhumbi aqhutshwa isitimu esikhiqizwe yiziphehlisi ezimbili ze-nuclear zakwaFord.Ama-reactor asebenza ngendlela elindelekile.Kodwa-ke, ama-turbines adinga ukulungiswa okungalindelekile nokunabile, imithombo ejwayelene nokulungisa itshele i-USNI News.

"Zontathu lezo zici eziyimbangela - ukwenza izinguquko endaweni yokuphehla amandla enuzi esiziphawulile ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kolwandle, zilingana nawo wonke umthwalo wokutholakala kwangemva kokuzamazama kanye nokuqeda amakheshi - wonke athrendayo cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo," Kusho uGeurts ngesikhathi ethula ubufakazi ngoMashi.“Ngakho-ke, u-Okthoba njengamanje uyisilinganiso sethu esihle kakhulu.Imikhumbi yazisiwe ngalokho.Basebenzela lokho emjikelezweni wabo wokuqeqesha ngemuva kwalokho. ”

U-Ben Werner ungumbhali wezisebenzi ze-USNI News.Usebenze njengombhali ozimele eBusan, eSouth Korea, nanjengombhali wezisebenzi ohlanganisa imfundo nezinkampani ezihweba esidlangalaleni zeThe Virginian-Pilot eNorfolk, Va., Iphephandaba loMbuso e-Columbia, SC, Savannah Morning News e-Savannah, Ga. ., kanye ne-Baltimore Business Journal.Uthole iziqu ze-bachelor's e-University of Maryland kanye neziqu ze-master's eNyuvesi yaseNew York.