The Spectator Index

🇺🇸 USS GERALD R. FORD - Lead aircraft carrier of its class and the biggest warship ever built. - Cost of $13 billion, making it the most expensive warship in history. - Length of 1,092 ft (333 m) and displacement of 100,000 tonnes. - Powered by two nuclear reactors, with operational range of 25 years before a mid-life refuel is needed. - Speed in excess of 30 knots (56 km/h or 35 mph). - Armed with its own surface-to-air missiles and guns. - Can carry over 75 military aircraft, including F-35 fighter jets.