Project Habakkuk
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Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete, a mixture of wood pulp and ice, for use against German U-boats in th
Conceptual design of Project Habakkuk aircraft carrier with 600-metre (1,969 ft) runway
A block of pykrete
Aircraft carrier drawings.
Cross section, showing 40 ft (12 m) thick walls made of pykrete
USS Gerald R. Ford
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USS Gerald R. Ford is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship is named after the 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford, whose World War II nav
Project Habakkuk
…create what would have been the largest ship ever at 600 metres (1,969 ft) long, which would have been much bigger than even the USS Enterprise and the USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest naval vessel ever, at 342 metres (1,122 ft) long. The idea came from Geoffrey Pyke, who worked for Combined Operations Headquarters. After…
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) after departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in October 2022
Ford in his U.S. Navy uniform, c. 1945
Gerald R. Ford undergoing the third and final blast of the shock trials, 8 August 2021
Gerald R. Ford returning to Naval Station Norfolk after completing her inaugural deployment to the Atlantic Ocean, 26 November 2022