The costs and doubts keep growing for carrier Ford

Though the projected costs of building the carrier Gerald R. Ford have ballooned by more than 22 percent over five years, it appears that the ship may not be fully functional when it's commissioned, according to Congress's watchdog agency.

"As it stands, the Navy will not be positioned to deliver a fully capable ship" at its commissioning, now scheduled for March 2016, according to a report on Ford-class carriers released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office.

The Ford, being built at Newport News Shipbuilding, was budgeted to cost $10.5 billion when construction was authorized five years ago. The Navy's current estimate is $12.8 billion.

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