| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Doris Miller |
| Namesake | Doris Miller |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding[4] |
| Laid down | January 2026 (planned)[1] |
| Launched | October 2029 (planned)[1] |
| Sponsored by |
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| Commissioned | 2032 (planned)[2] |
| Identification | CVN-81 |
| Status | Under Construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier |
| Displacement | About 100,000 long tons (100,000 tonnes) (full load)[5] |
| Length | 1,106 ft (337 m) |
| Beam | 134 ft (41 m) |
| Draft | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Installed power | Two A1B nuclear reactors |
| Propulsion | Four shafts |
| Speed | In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | Unlimited distance; 20–25 years |
| Complement | 4,660 |
| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | More than 80, approx. up to 90 combat aircraft |
| Aviation facilities | 1,092 ft × 256 ft (333 m × 78 m) flight deck |
USS Doris Miller (CVN-81) will be the fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy.[6][7] Doris Miller is scheduled to be laid down January 2026, launched October 2029 and commissioned in 2032. She will be built at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (formerly Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding) in Newport News, Virginia.[4]
- ^ a b Malone, Capt. Phillip (May 6, 2019). "Sea Air Space Exposition: John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) Enterprise (CVN 80) & Unnamed (CVN 81) – Two Ship Buy" (PDF). navsea.navy.mil. Naval Sea Systems Command. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
- ^ "Report to Congress on Gerald R. Ford Carrier Program". USNI. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "SECNAV Names Future Replenishment Oiler Ship Thurgood Marshall and Sponsors for USS Doris Miller" (Press release). United States Navy. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Navy Awards 2-Carrier Contract to Newport News Shipbuilding". USNI. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Aircraft Carriers - CVN". Fact File. United States Navy. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Navy Names Future Aircraft Carrier Doris Miller During MLK, Jr. Day Ceremony". U.S. Navy. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020.
- ^ LaGrone, Sam (18 January 2020). "Next Ford-class Carrier to be Named After Pearl Harbor Hero Doris Miller". U.S. Naval Institute. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.