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Construction on the over 1,100-foot-long, 100,000-ton aircraft carrier continues. A formal keel-laying ceremony is scheduled for Saturday morning.
The more than 1,100-foot-long, 100,000-ton carrier will be the ninth Navy ship to bear the name Enterprise since 1775, according to Capt. Brian Metcalf, the program manager for the new Ford class of aircraft carrier.