VIDEO: USS Gerald R. Ford Conducts First Arrested Landing, Catapult Launch

PO2 Rev. Frederick C. Mullis, AFI, CFM - Your data is probably better. I didn't see any reports, just reporting about it.

The report I read was back in JUne, I hope to hell they have fixed that problem. The other big problem was the Load Central was not up to snuff, the Computer Program was inadequate to handle the ships total electrical need, there were brown outs when one area needed a large power influx. That was a hell of a note, Two reactors that could supply more power than the 8 the Enterprise had in her belly, but the Digital distribution system could not handle the demand as well as the old analog system we had on the Enterprise. That stinks worse than the Tunisian Sea Port!

PO2 Rev. Frederick C. Mullis, AFI, CFM - I hate electrical distribution systems! Showed up to my 1st ship as CHENG, we were in the yards. The previous CHENG had done some "deals" with the yard that no one else knew about. We get underway for the first time, get clear of San Diego channel (like 150' clear), hit the 1st swell, and go completely dark! Everything shut down! Had to drop the hook just outside the channel, in view of every other ship... Long story short(er), there was a 9/16" wrench that a worker had left in one of the switchboards. Hit the first swell, it crossed an A/C breaker, and because some of our circuit breakers were the wrong type, we went dark. My sailors bronzed the wrench and put it on a plaque that I got as a going away gift when I left...

LT Brad McInnis - Well it gave you one hell of a Sea Story to tell, One that few people will be able to top!