Timelapse: Installing the Gerald R. Ford’s Island at Huntington Ingalls

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Huntington Ingalls just released this 20-second time-lapse video showing the installation of the 555-ton island on board the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier from the perspective of the crane operator…

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One Response to Timelapse: Installing the Gerald R. Ford’s Island at Huntington Ingalls

  1. avatar Craig Seifert says:
    February 1, 2013 at 2:55 am

    Heard over the radio: “You dip #^%$! You were supposed to put it on the Port side!