Some of Ford’s escorts – USS Thomas Hudner and SPS Alvaro de Bazan are due to enter the naval base this morning. USS Gerald R. Ford passing the Spinnaker tower today Image: Ian Scales – freelance/amateur photographer At 333 meters long and displacing 100,000 tonnes, she is larger than the 284 meter HMS Queen Elizabeth, which displaces around 64,000 tonnes of water. Gosport Ferry is running two-hour tours on Tuesday 15 November and Wednesday 16 November to bring people up close to the US behemoth. Two cruises will be available, one at 10 a.m. and a second one at 12.30 p.m. departing from Gosport on the Spirit of Portsmouth. The cruise line says you can buy coffee, tea and soft drinks on board. First-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) steams in formation with Spanish frigate Armada Alváro de Bazán (F 101), German frigate FGS Hessen (F 221) and Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) last month in the Atlantic Ocean Image: US Navy, by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob Mattingly Adult tickets are £25 and children £5. Solent Cruises runs trips on four days, Monday to Thursday, but their website says there are no spaces. Gerald Ford was president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He served in World War II and assumed the presidency after Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace after the Watergate scandal.
