USS Gerald R Ford CVN-78 “Carrier” Patch – Sew On
A 4″ squadron patch of the USS Gerald R Ford CVN-78 “Carrier”. This patch is meant to be humorous.
- Embroidered
- 4″
- US Veteran Owned Small Business
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of her class of United States Navy aircraft carriers. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford, whose World War II naval service included combat duty aboard the light aircraft carrier Monterey in the Pacific Theater.
Gerald R. Ford left Naval Station Norfolk for her maiden deployment on 4 October 2022. The carrier was to conduct operations and training exercises alongside NATO allies and partners throughout the Atlantic Ocean. Gerald R. Ford’s Carrier Strike Group 12 included Carrier Air Wing 8, USS Normandy, Destroyer Squadron 2 with USS Ramage, USS McFaul and USS Thomas Hudner, auxiliaries USNS Joshua Humphreys and USNS Robert E. Peary, and the United States Coast Guard cutter USCGC Hamilton.[87] Among the first NATO ships assigned to CSG-12 was the German frigate Hessen.[88]
Gerald R. Ford’s first port visit outside of her home country was on 28 October 2022, to Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, home of CFB Halifax, Canada’s largest military installation and home port of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Atlantic fleet.[89][90][91] On 14 November 2022 the ship arrived in United Kingdom waters, for a four day visit anchored in Stokes Bay near Gosport.[92] She returned to Norfolk on 26 November 2022.[93]
On 3 May 2023, Gerald R. Ford departed Naval Station Norfolk on her first full length deployment and is scheduled to be operating in the 2nd and 6th Fleet’s Area of Responsibility (AOR).[94]
