USS Doris Miller
USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) is a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.[3][4] Doris Miller is scheduled to be laid down in 2023, launched in 2028 and commissioned in 2030. The ship will be built at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (formerly Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding) in Newport News, Virginia.[1]
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| Name: | Doris Miller |
| Namesake: | Doris Miller |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding[1] |
| Identification: | CVN-81 |
| Status: | Ordered |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement: | About 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load)[2] |
| Length: | 1,106 ft (337 m) |
| Beam: | 134 ft (41 m) |
| Draft: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Installed power: | Two A1B nuclear reactors |
| Propulsion: | Four shafts |
| Speed: | In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
| Complement: | 4,660 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | More than 80, approx. up to 90 combat aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: | 1,092 ft × 256 ft (333 m × 78 m) flight deck |
The ship will honor Messman Second Class Doris Miller, who received the Navy Cross for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor.[5] It will be the second ship named in his honor, the first being the destroyer escort USS Miller (FF-1091).
References
- "Navy Awards 2-Carrier Contract to Newport News Shipbuilding". USNI. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- "Aircraft Carriers - CVN". Fact File. United States Navy. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- "Navy Names Future Aircraft Carrier Doris Miller During MLK, Jr. Day Ceremony" (Press release). United States Navy. 20 January 2020. NNS200120-12. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- LaGrone, Sam (18 January 2020). "Next Ford-class Carrier to be Named After Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller". USNI News. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- "Doris Miller: US Navy aircraft carrier to honour black sailor". BBC. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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