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NPR has obtained documents that include a series of emails that detail the ship's effort to grapple with the breakdowns on board the USS Gerald R. Ford.
The carrier has had problems since it first deployed in 2023.
Emails between departments show those problems got worse after the carrier left its home port in Norfolk in June.
Parts of the toilet system have gone down for hours while the crew tries to isolate what's wrong with the system.
The General Accountability Office reported on the design flaws in 2020 before the carrier was finished.
While the carrier remains in the Caribbean, the Navy says the problem has not affected operational readiness.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh.
This is NPR News from Washington.
The new ships would be larger than the current generation of destroyers and cruisers.
They would be armed with everything from sea-based nuclear weapons and lasers to the 16-inch guns used by battleships of the Second World War.
A Navy official says the vessel is in the design phase and could be under construction by the early 2030s.
Battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers.
The last one appeared in combat during the first Gulf War in 1991.
New ships would be larger than the current generation of destroyers and cruisers.
They would be armed with everything from sea-based nuclear weapons and lasers to the 16-inch guns used by battleships of the Second World War.
A Navy official says the vessel is in the design phase and could be under construction by the early 2030s.
Battleships were supplanted by aircraft carriers.
The last one appeared in combat during the first Gulf War in 1991.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh.