Forget the Nimitz or Ford-Class: The Navy Almost Built CVV Medium Aircraft Carriers

Forget the Nimitz or Ford-Class: The Navy Almost Built CVV Medium Aircraft Carriers

Key Points – The US Navy’s CVV (Medium Aircraft Carrier) concept, proposed in the 1970s under Admiral Zumwalt, aimed for a smaller, conventionally powered, “minimum-cost” carrier (50,000-60,000 tons) to supplement nuclear supercarriers. -Initially projected at $550 million, its estimated cost later ballooned to $1.5 billion. -The design, reverse-engineered to meet a price target, suffered numerous […] The post Forget the Nimitz or Ford-Class: Th…