America Christens $13billion Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Sat Nov 09,2013

The US Navy today christened the USS Gerald Ford, costliest and most deadly aircraft carrier ever built.

The $13billion warship is the first in the Navy's newest generation of aircraft carriers. It was launched in a grand ceremony Saturday Nov 09,2013 from the Newport News, VA., naval yard.

The Ford is expected to stay commissioned for five decades and will enter the fleet in 2016.The giant 1,106-foot ship is currently under construction at a dry dock in Newport News, Virginia, but will not be commissioned until 2016

USS Gerald R. Ford will hold 4,000 sailors and marines and is designed to be virtually invisible to enemy radar

The USS Gerald R. Ford is the new generation of aircraft carriers capable of launching 220 airstrikes a day

I christen thee, the USS Gerald Ford: Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford, right, christens the USS Gerald R. Ford

Relatives of former U.S. President Gerald Ford salute a model of a new aircraft carrier named the USS Gerald R. Ford during a naming ceremony at the Pentagon in 2007