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Navy expected to launch the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier

The U.S. Navy will launch its new super-carrier named for the late president Gerald Ford in a ceremony at the Grumman Shipyard in Newport News, Va., on Saturday. One of the most powerful vehicles on the planet, the carrier is one-fifth of a mile long with well over one million horsepower. Chip Reid reports.
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