The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81, CVN-82, and CVN-83 are the first six ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs).
for CVN 79. However, the following two names selected were not former US presidents, with CVN 80 and CVN 81 commissioned as USS Enterprise and USS Doris Miller respectively. The name ‘Enterprise ...