BIRTH OF A CARRIER: USS GERALD FORD CNV78

摘要

Biazzio Giordano, Jr. is the welding instructor for Career Technology Education (CTE) at Parkside High School in Salisbury, Maryland, where he was once a student. He has also attended Hobart Institute. Recently I had the privilege of attending the christening of the latest U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier, the CVN 78 Gerald Ford. I have watched the carrier grow from small weldments into larger welded assemblies like huge Lego pieces as it sat in the dry dock. Slowly the form of a ship emerged from the construction as huge, rusted, multi-colored pieces of steel were welded together, with cables and hoses everywhere, sparks and grinders filling the air with their shrill whine, while workers swarmed the ship like ants performing any number of jobs.