The U.S. Navy’s latest aircraft carrier withstood a second round of testing Friday with explosive blasts that again registered as a 3.9 magnitude earthquake off the Florida coast.
It is the second of three full ship shock trials before the USS Gerald R. Ford can be deployed, the Navy said.
The Navy previously performed similar tests on the ship June 18. During that trial, the explosives also registered at the same rating.
>> Aircraft carrier shock test off Florida coast registers as 3.9 magnitude earthquake
The Navy has conducted full ship shock trials for decades. The most recent was in 2016 on the USS Jackson and USS Milwaukee combat ships. The last aircraft carrier to undergo the testing was the USS Theodore Roosevelt in 1987.
The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) @Warship_78 successfully completed the second of three scheduled explosive events for Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST), July 16, 2021. #NavyReadiness
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) July 17, 2021
📸 by Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Jackson Adkins pic.twitter.com/oYKLtY91uY
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