Those F*cking Idiots Trump and Hegseth Need to Order a Refueling and Keep the USS Nimitz in Service.

Clogged toilets, charred laundry, sailors sleeping on the floor: Snafus sidelined $13B US aircraft carrier

It’s been a crappy week for the largest warship ever built.

A raging fire in its laundry facilities and persistently clogged toilets have taken the $13 billion USS Ford aircraft carrier out of the Iran fight — and it could remain out of service for a year.

The massive, 1,106-foot-long vessel left the Red Sea last week and has been docked in Crete for repairs since Monday, far from the air and sea attack on Iran it had joined two weeks earlier.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/28/us-news/charred-laundry-facilities-smoke-damaged-berths-and-clogged-eco-toilets-mishaps-that-sidelined-13b-aircraft-carrier/

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hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

Yeah that wasn't a sock fire in the dryer. It was missile damage hitting the island and the flight deck. The ship is in dock for a year to a year and a half best estimate and 5 years being worse estimate. Air Craft Carriers are now obsolete but the US likes spending money on armaments that don't work.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@hippyjoe1955

No missile hit the island or the flight deck.

A view of the US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at a US Navy base in Souda Bay, Crete, where it is set to undergo repairs on March 23, 2026. (Stefanos Rapanis – Anadolu Agency)

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@beckyromero It is in Greece not Crete and according to official sources it suffered structural damage. It was hit by a missile. The US can not admit it because that would damage their image in the world so there was no structural damage but it is in for structural repair.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@hippyjoe1955

The photo is from when it went to Crete FIRST. The caption states the photo is from March 23rd.

As of today, USS Ford is actually now at Split, Croatia.

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@beckyromero People inside the US war machine tell a very different story. I believe them rather than a grainy picture with a caption.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@hippyjoe1955

Or you can maybe go to Split and see it for yourself.

Captain David Skarosi, commanding officer of USS Gerald R. Ford, has given the crew shore leave.

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@beckyromero Or you could.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@hippyjoe1955

I don't need to; have other ways to see it.

hippyjoe1955 · 70-79, M

@beckyromero OK.