04/06/26 Afternoon CommStock Report – Easter Meant Nothing in the Iran War

I guess it is good news. After several days of port call in Split, Croatia where repairs and resupply occurred, the USS Ford is going back into the theater rather than coming home. The USS Ford carrier battle group has been on one of the longest deployments in US Navy history hitting 282 days as of April 2nd. This record-breaking deployment is expected to reach 11 months, potentially exceeding the recent 341-day high set by the USS Nimitz. A normal deployment is 6 months. In many ways the USS Ford is a big computer. As we all know computers require software updates and rebooting every so often. Much of this has to be done in a port. Non-battle issues with the carrier started occurring with its sewer plumbing breaking (Got the “loo” fixed on Artimus II for Easter as well) and a 30-hour fire in its laundry area occurred causing smoke problems in the crew berthing area of the ship. There are lots of differences between Ford and Nimitz class carriers. One of the biggest is the aircraft launch mechanism. Ford’s is electro-magnetic (EMALS) while Nimitz carriers use a steam system. The Ford launch system can put up well…

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