The Future USS John F. Kennedy Dry Dock Flooding

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 29, 2019) Huntington Ingalls Industries today began flooding the dry dock at its Newport News Shipbuilding division where the keel of aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) was laid in 2015. The controlled process of slowly filling the dry dock with more than 100 million gallons of water takes place over several days, and marks the first time the ship has been in water. Kennedy is expected to join the fleet in 2022.

[@WootTootZoot]

I love the smell of a new Aircraft carrier.

[@jeffharder8706]

WootTootZoot IKR? Don’t ya just love that new carrier smell? 😂

[@American001_offical]

U think it will still have it in 2022?

[@American001_offical]

Jerry bookkeeper No real American doesn’t support the troops,if you don’t even have enough respect to do that then your not american

[@American001_offical]

Jerry bookkeeper I don’t mind fighting for my nation I understand the muhajadeen stuff But they attacked us not vide versa so I’m done fighting so you have a nice day and life and I hope your “Allah” saves you and sends me to hell

[@shaithriel]

@Jerry bookkeeper Worry not @Jerry, your day in hell is fast approaching.

[@stinzz3]

I cannot wait to see this New girl in action. My first duty station was the now decommissioned Kennedy CV-67. USN 96-

[@sandmancat294]

IL.fieldnative were you in Naples during the Libyan crisis? I was on the Kennedy for a day doing dental exams. NSA Naples Agnangno

[@stinzz3]

@@sandmancat294 Sorry I wasn't. I did the 97 cruise, and the 99 millennium cruise. I left the Kennedy in 01

[@sandmancat294]

IL.fieldnative oh, I did 79-89 pax river VX-1, then Dental

[@jameseagon1142]

I was wounded in Bierut and flown the the first JFK CV67.

[@American001_offical]

Thank you all for your service

[@Semper_Iratus]

God speed to the Officers and Crew of the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy.

[@Gumby56]

@Anglus Patria really?

[@macrebel8068]

@Anglus Patria uss

[@Gumby56]

@Anglus Patria you have issues.

[@shaithriel]

@Anglus Patria It's obvious that you are an *_ignorant beatneck_* at best, or most likely a *_"Modern Progressive Democrat Criminal."_* Either way, you're irrelevant.

[@TheMudsnake]

Are officers not a part of the crew?

[@usmc9127]

From this Old Marine, GOD BLESS AMERICA !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@American001_offical]

Michael Goins God Bless America Brother!! Also thank you for your service

[@highbrass3749]

From the looks of things around here, we might need your service's once again but to fight for our way of life. From one Marine vet to another.

[@gaddiemediaguy]

@@highbrass3749 Shut the hell up Trumper. You guys are so paranoid. Take your meds if it helps.

[@Gdayhomie]

Such a beautiful ship. May her flag fly forever. God bless America, the ship, and her crew. Good job. You're the best navy in the world 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@gunner2gunner]

Helped build CVN 72, 73, 74. Worked in X42 department(pipe fitter).

[@adstaton8461]

I helped build Lincoln, Washington and Stennis. X18 welder. Well, checking hull numbers we were there at the same time! spent my last months with NNS in 11 dock working on the Enterprise overhaul. Left in '92.

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

Awesome work you two 👍

[@gunner2gunner]

AD staton, I installed the Pneumatic Release Pilot Value System(automatic and manual) sprinkle system in the magazines. So basically from deck 3 and below although we did run the system in sections of deck 2.

[@gunner2gunner]

Thomas Paine yes we did. Local 8888 United Steelworkers Union. The union turned 41 years old this year.

[@oceanic8424]

@Dana William Just a guess here, but they probably have grates on the water inlet pipes to keep out anything substantial, and as far as the very small stuff, it may not be of any consequence.

[@hesrel19]

My oldest brother served on the USS Independence. We visited on Family Day and she was SO impressive! I Iove our military men and women! God bless the work of your hands and may He keep you all safely in His loving arms. 🇺🇸✌❤❤❤

[@IrishManJT]

I will never forget 4th July 1996 when Carrier Air Wing 8 on board USS JFK (CV67) made a port visit to Dublin bay. I was living in my parents house on the south side of the city when my Uncle (who was living in the center of town) phoned our house to tell me that he had just witnessed a flyby by the air wing - all I could hear in the backround were car alarms and dogs barking! With that piece of news, I ran outside of my parents house to see two F14’s, two F18’s, two Prowler’s and one Hawkeye with tail hooks down fly down my road at about 1,500 ft. Made my day!!! Kind of fitting for me too because my Grandfather presented President Kennedy with an honorary degree from University College Dublin on 28th June 1963.

[@larrywright9781]

I am a plank owner of the CVA 67 ..I was a Hospital CorpmaN 3rd class...I enjoyed my time aboard..

[@paulmccormack5524]

These new Ford Class Carriers are stunning

[@MrGriff305]

Love the scales of everything in this video... So huuuge

[@borisobrucicov8630]

All right I can't wait until this ship is commissioned.

[@hellogoodbyestaysavage6283]

I'll remember this video forever when i filling up the bath tub

[@Shloomy_Shloms]

Next will be the new USS Enterprise!

[@American001_offical]

Ooo now that would be cool!!

[@Shloomy_Shloms]

American001 it’s true, the next carrier, which I think will be completed in 2021, will be the USS Enterprise! A name with a lot of history behind it

[@American001_offical]

Skyace 95 Yes!! I’m so exited!!!!

[@mad1s]

GO NAVY

[@michaelbrown5838]

Fly Navy!

[@Gdayhomie]

The Mightiest Navy of the world's Mightiest Nation. PRAISE AMERICA AND HER ARMED FORCES!!!!!

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

Its a damn fine day to be an American damn fine day.

[@shortcutronny663]

Why didn't we see the rest of the flooding?... The clip is too short.

[@verios44]

Because flooding that drydock takes an eternity

[@bryanwalters1041]

Takes days....... Water is filled up a little at a time, to check for leaks and to test buoyancy and weight distribution.

[@CrazyPalidin57]

Should have been a Timelapse video.

[@jeffharder8706]

verios44 ever heard of time-lapse photography?

[@geomodelrailroader]

@@verios44 it takes a month to fill it the dock will not be at equilibrium until Pearl Day when the vessel is christened and commissioned.

[@pauljones8149]

That’s one massive dry dock !!

[@daisyvidal72]

Wonderful God Bless America

[@paragod30fl26]

Hopefully Kennedy will not have the problems the Ford is having.

[@JeffSpehar-ov1cn]

All new technology has problems. Ford will be fine.

[@MrBen527]

@@JeffSpehar-ov1cn That's right! It all pays off when it needs too!

[@straybubbles7334]

Well it is a Ford so you would expect it to have problems

[@duuurs]

By the time they get to commissioning this ship the kinks will be worked out

[@DaManBearPig]

Jeff Spehar precisely. People forget that the Burkes were troublesome for a bit after their inception. People just have to understand that these massive boats are so complex and it’s amazing that they even run as well as they do.

[@tepsok7758]

It’s also amazing how the giant carrier with immense weight can sit on itself on the floor

[@gtc1961]

They put it on wooden blocks....it's incredible that, with already built ships, they put those blocks in the dry dock, flood it, bring the ship in and drain it and all the blocks are exactly where they should be.

[@garysimpson7326]

Given the size of the carrier, the dry dock must be enormous:-) Hope all that fancy new technology works.

[@chickenwon1159]

Smells like freedom

[@MrPants-zu6dm]

She is so much nicer than the new Chinese carrier. God Bless America! 🇺🇸

[@lorenzomaximo1818]

Two more years and the USS Enterprise CVN 80 will be ready to float.

[@krismanley4670]

Negative sir

[@xandergoethals6203]

The next one is the Enterprise

[@xandergoethals6203]

@William Wright No haha i am from Belgium

[@GiovanniCamacho121]

Now after this beautiful ship added to our powerful Navy make ready for the new flagship of the US Navy CVN USS ENTERPRISE oh boy can't wait but i love the Nimits class more still but cvn Enterprise is the exception

[@jameshunter5485]

Those massive screws look tiny in proportion to that gigantic hull, and to think it will probably be decades before they are not submerged again.

[@S.P.A.R.K.Y.]

The eternal flame still legit and lit.

[@geomodelrailroader]

Kennedy is touching the water one milestone left it is time to smash the bottle.

[@michaelmayo2489]

Aaron Peavler/Geomodelrailroader Railroad Photography I’m excited I might have the opportunity to be there

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Today it happened! 🚢🇺🇸🎗⚓🍾

[@ZeroGRacer]

That is one Big Bath Tub!! WOW!!

[@aliyardimoglu5629]

Impressive and beautifully designed.......

[@fredtedstedman]

1:38 an amazing shot !

[@daytonglitch]

Its a pretty awesome moment when they touch the ocean for the first time

[@matthewmoon769]

Great Carrier,great achievement

[@IamDeanCantave]

So is this a new JFK? I was in the Navy from 2000-2006 and I remember the JFK aircraft carrier. I’m wondering is this a newly built one or the old one?

[@curtekstrom6600]

This one is 100% Brand New Nuclear Powered. Not an Oil burner

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Hello i wish to place my order for one of these machines

[@captainbroady]

That would be $13 billion sir, not including weapons systems, combat aircraft, personnel costs and maintenance

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

@@captainbroady put it on my tab sir

[@ScreamingReelsTV]

You can see the progression of the build on google earth!

[@jjcooks7401]

ScreamingReelsTV where was it built? So I can look

[@pepepulido5763]

Love it 👏👏👏

[@godbluffvdgg]

WOW! That's amazing that the dry dock dwarfs an Aircraft Carrier!

[@No-dy3zk]

I am amazed at how big the stuff we humans have built and are building.

[@bbucketss]

I’m literally sitting at dry dock 12 right now where all this stuff happened at. Current we have cvn 80 uss enterprise pieces in the dry dock

[@roykiefer7713]

May shes serve with the distinction of CV-67.

[@hayterwbh]

This is so cool

[@XJPig8964]

DF-21D looks at CVN-79 and smiles.

[@03Venture]

Impressive!

[@markrigsby2425]

God bless the, USA!

[@rayjames6096]

That dry dock would make a mighty fine bathtub for a real man like me.

[@McCorduRoy1972]

Omg that drydock is humongous.

[@gw62112009]

those propellers look tiny under that thing

[@Kakarot64.]

Bet it will still be able to drift at high speed though

[@Gdayhomie]

They are 21 feet in diameter. She has 4 and consider her propulsion system

[@stardude2006]

Cool.

[@egalloe72]

Bet its gonna be weird for the folks that work there to see that dry dock empty when she leaves.

[@Locutus494]

@Joshua Ngau Ajang What about Bath Iron Works?! They haven't built any supercarriers, ever. The ONLY shipyard in the world capable of building nuclear-powered supercarriers is Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding.

[@clodwolf]

I can smell that paint all the way up here in Minnesota

[@clodwolf]

@Rakesh Kumar Singh Why in the duck are you bringing politics into this, stay in India, if you are in the United States, go home. Mind your self.

[@straybubbles7334]

Who let Sarah Palin on KZbin?

[@michaelb.8953]

@Rakesh Kumar Singh Hopefully Omar is gone in short order. I don't live in Minnesota but her policies that she tries to push can negatively effect our great country. We are doing what we can to save our country. Trump 2020!

[@clodwolf]

@@michaelb.8953 I hate that Omar idiot, she has blackened the eye of Minnesota. I apparently need to watch my wording because KZbin is owned by the leftist company Google, they deleted my last comment. Trump 2020!

[@clodwolf]

@@straybubbles7334 What are you talking about?

[@richardtompkins9797]

She’s a beauty .... navy man my self I love the sea really miss it !!! Vietnam era I remember the Kitty Hawk she was an amazing ship didn’t matter what shift I was on going on back at night usually went to the fantail just amazing at night I guess you have to be there to understand it Any man who’s been out to sea and on deck at night they were either on the fantail or the bow well it didn’t matter it was the view the sea air it was so clean I envy the the guy out there now I was in the amphibious Navy gator spent quite a few months on LSTs and carriers even tried to put me in a sub once didn’t like it listening to those walls buckle as it went down just wasn’t for me but I went where they put me. Go Navy

[@American001_offical]

Thank you so very much for your service

[@WaterburnerActual]

I was pre-comm and commissioning crew of a DD-963 class. Being in OC, we would go up to the signal bridge at night after the eve watch, and partaking of mid rats, and lay on the top of the flag bag and look at the stars. A sight that was absolutely amazing and never the same twice.

[@gtc1961]

That's an incredibly big dry dock, the one the Enterprise was in in Bremerton could barely fit her.

[@backfilpmax]

It’s like a giant boat bath😂

[@American001_offical]

Lol

[@verios44]

And now they can work on CVN-80 in ernest! Let the BIG-E rise again!

[@lukeskywalkermod3686]

Looks like it’s gonna take 3 days to fill up

[@arthurferland2866]

It's time to make that aircraft carrier hospital ship 🙏🍻

[@neilcarter77]

How far along is the Enterprise?

[@johnf.kennedy7339]

Great day if I do say so myself 🤝!

[@American001_offical]

Agreed Mr. Kennedy

[@joshuamoore24_7]

How tall is this ship 7, 8,...10+ stories?

[@oldfucker68]

15 stories

[@aerospacenews]

Carrying on a grand ship name. Look forward to seeing her in the fleet.

[@Locutus494]

No, carrying on a disgraceful ship name that shouldn't have been the name of one aircraft carrier, let alone two. Naming ships for politicians needs to stop, ESPECIALLY when that politician has ALREADY had an aircraft carrier named for them!

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

When we gonna build the U.S.S. Chuck Norris?

[@setnaffa]

A beautiful new ship and a momentous event; but the video needed narration.

[@MrGriff305]

We didn't exactly get to see it flood. I guess the camera guy got bored with waiting.

[@halibut1249]

I didn't know there was a USS John F. Kennedy. I thought there was only a USS Teddy Kennedy, and I remember a photo of it being christened: they drove a car off the flight deck into the water.

[@peterson7082]

They also had the _Joseph P. Kennedy_ for a _Gearing_ class destroyer named for John's late older brother.

[@swimming_ninja6151]

Cannot wait to arrive :)

[@Afahs993]

❤❤🇺🇸

[@mrxxavier9081]

This is what an aircraft carrier look like c n r

[@SpecialistQKD]

Does anyone know if they named 81 yet?

[@Locutus494]

No, it hasn't been named. Only the first three of the Ford class have been named: The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) (sadly...), and the USS Enterprise (CVN-80).

[@six-pack1332]

@@Locutus494 Donald J. Trump sounds good to me.

[@ianwinfield929]

CVN 81-U.S.S. Chuck Norris

[@ianwinfield929]

Pius X CVN 72 in named after Abraham Lincoln

[@GerardosTube]

Congratulations! God bless the newborn USS John F. Kennedy und the USA,

[@NFLYoungBoy223]

Hoorah Marine corp

[@threestrikesmarxman9095]

Huh, drydock flooding is anticlimactic. I always thought it would be like an "OPEN THE GATES!" thing.

[@ibrahimatraore061]

Flexing our millatary might if only my muscles were that big

[@KaidenAT]

@Rae West still pretty fucking impressive

[@Locutus494]

@Rae West Yeah, sure, the most advanced and capable aircraft carrier ever built is a mess. Keep on drinking that Kool-Aid...

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

@@Locutus494 i think he butt chugs that kool-aid 😂😂😂

[@Locutus494]

@@brainwashingdetergent4128 🤣👍

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

@Anglus Patria yea you can buy three ford pintos for the price of one ram 2500 cummins too whats your point?

[@shauncorless8965]

You gotta give credit ,to USA ,they have all the best and biggest toys ,,👍

[@xyzxyz1017]

i hope these ship is good ghost of him?

[@ozzy7763]

Awesome ship ! I thought that they would have gone with new propeller set up on the new class though .

[@Locutus494]

It's the same hull design though, so it makes sense that the propellers would be the same.

[@JandSGarage]

Me filling the bathtub with my toy boats already placed in the tub be like:

[@user-eg2sg2jm6d]

Go go USA!

[@terryandrews7271]

God speed to the John F. Kennedy and all that sail HER❤❤❤

[@chrissullivan5472]

How deep is this flood channel? Thank You

[@oldfucker68]

The ships draft at the waterline is approximately 40 feet

[@chrissullivan5472]

Robert Moore Thank you Robert. Enjoy your evening.

[@dougalexander5871]

Is she a Ford-class carrier?

[@piusx8317]

Yes

[@dougalexander5871]

I’m surprised that she have conventional propellers. I’d have thought they’d used those pods that are so popular these days.

[@piusx8317]

@@dougalexander5871 I'm sure they'll do the job quite well 👌

[@Gdayhomie]

Yes they will. After all, she has 4 of those. Each with a diameter of 21 feet. So it will propel her to high speeds :)

[@johnprendergast1338]

So it floats ?

[@Robby4291]

NOPE....that NEVER happens..

[@donniemontoya9300]

And Britain is still looking so cute with their small shiny new queen Elizabeth class. Theyre so proud of her

[@jamesalders896]

At least the Queen Elizabeth works...

[@angelherrera5240]

dave alders yeah because it doesn’t have the best technology in the world

[@disceva6443]

Wow it's almost as if our defence budget it significantly smaller than the US. Besides, the QE class have their own improvements, like having a second con tower, and not needing a small village to crew them.

[@donniemontoya9300]

@@disceva6443 I think you misspelled "american superiority"

[@disceva6443]

@@donniemontoya9300 Christ mate no need to jack of all over the fucking place. Yea, we get it, you get hard over big ships, no need to bring all us lot into it.

[@subjectc7505]

It looks so small in the dry dock 😂

[@Gdayhomie]

By length from bow to stern the dock can almost fit 2!! But it be too tight

[@CrazyPalidin57]

Should have been a Timelapse video of the ship actually coming to float for the first time, would have been more interesting to watch.

[@MrGriff305]

the crank shaft to the propeller looks very exposed and loosely attached by small braces. Hope it's built to last!

[@Gdayhomie]

It is. They stayed on for almost every other ship so don't worry

[@haywardstewart2825]

We’re going to need a bigger boat 😃

[@tomdarco2223]

Right On! Go Army

[@oldfucker68]

You high?

[@tomdarco2223]

@@oldfucker68 Army Leads the Way

[@oldfucker68]

@@tomdarco2223 not in my Navy they dont.

[@tomdarco2223]

@@oldfucker68 Easy Squidly

[@oldfucker68]

@@tomdarco2223 how original. Pace yourself.

[@nocalsteve]

Well, did it float? The suspense is killing me!

[@dserenity69]

It looks impressive, but I wonder what a modern conflict with a first class military power would look like and how useful an aircraft carrier would be? NATO exercises uncovered the new diesel Swedish class silent sub took out a US aircraft carrier and evaded the protective fleet all by itself.

[@MrFlyboy1313]

You didn’t want to show her actually floating?

[@straybubbles7334]

They cut the video short. Shortly after this video ended a man could be heard in the background yelling "we got a floater" the Navy didn't want to offend anyone and they didn't want the other branches making fun of the Navy for riding on pieces of shit. So that's why the video is short

[@Gdayhomie]

@@straybubbles7334 I don't know why they would find her as a piece of shit. She will probably have a great service life. And yes. Its referred as a girl

[@jamesstan4678]

Can I go for a swim took🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔????

[@Robby4291]

AND end up in JAIL..go right ahead..James.

[@canconservative8976]

America......

[@mlgredvine8897]

She beautiful

[@steveo6034]

How are they progressing on the EMALS? Was the technology still too much in its infancy or are engineers confident that they can get it running at 100% reliability/efficiency? I won’t even ask about the weapons elevators 🤦‍♂️...

[@peterson7082]

EMALS has been working pretty well since late early 2019. Just some compatibility issues.

[@Grandizer8989]

They should make escort carriers again that can hold a squadron or two and a lot of drones to save money.

[@Wick9876]

Smaller carriers are more expensive per airplane. It's the old super battleship problem: bigger ships are more efficient so there's a pressure to have just one super battleship, but then it's in dock while needing to cover multiple stations. The inverse is the Chinese junk problem: having all stations covered with some reserve for losses is important but pushes ship size down until they are individually useless.

[@scottw550]

A next ship coming to you the U.S.S. Donald J. Trump .

[@fedupdomer5654]

as much as i find these fascinating, i think we have the bases covered as a nation. i think we need to start building a healthy merchant fleet again. why do all our goods have to ship on foreign bottoms. we can very well subsidize a merchant fleet with US mariners just like other nations do. we are subsidizing this whole shipbuilding empire with taxpayer money already , dont tell me we can build an 18k teu container ship.

[@cloeklqzeen.delosphilippin8037]

U.S.S John f Kennedy cvn 79 2022