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Limits RegistryUSS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), commissioned on July 22, 2017 and built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Virginia, displaces about 100,000 long tons at full load and is 337 m long. It is the largest warship ever built.
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USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), commissioned on July 22, 2017 and built by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Virginia, displaces about 100,000 long tons at full load and is 337 m long. It is the largest warship ever built.
The greatest full-load displacement of any aircraft carrier (and warship) built.
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Limits Registry. LR-LARGEST-AIRCRAFT-CARRIER. Largest aircraft carrier. 2026.