They can't go anywhere with a damaged reduction gear:
The Navy is asking Congress to shift $30 million from other accounts to start repairing a damaged gear on the service’s costliest warship, the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier.
The request for funds to repair the $13 billion carrier is part of a Pentagon package asking congressional approval to shift $4.7 billion in previously approved Army, Air Force and Navy funding into new programs or higher-priority projects. The package must be approved by all four congressional defense committees, where it’s pending.
The $30 million is needed to pay for repairs to the propulsion-system gear while the carrier’s builder, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., “seeks compensation from the original manufacturer for warranty defects,” Naval Sea Systems spokesman William Couch said in an email.
You can read the rest @
http://time.com/5348496/navy-aircraft-carrier-broken-gear/
Well, at least the ship is aptly named. Isn't President Ford the guy who used to fall down all the time?
https://youtu.be/mk8R4PoR9II
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