USS George H.W. Bush

USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and final Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st President of the United States and former Director of Central Intelligence George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II. The vessel's callsign is Avenger, after the TBF Avenger aircraft flown by then-Lieutenant George H. W. Bush in World War II. Construction began in 2003 at Northrop Grumman, in Newport News, Virginia and was completed in 2009 at a cost of $6.2 billion. Her home port is Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.

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Avenger; CVN-77; CVN-77
length 332.8 metre, draft 11.7 metre, speed 30 knot, beam 77 metre, beam 40.8 metre, 3 Phalanx CIWS Km1992//0.33149874000/0482492-2, 2 RIM-162 ESSM, 2 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, 
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier, United States Navy, Newport News Shipbuilding, 

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2009 USS George H.W. Bush

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order

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ship launching

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ship naming ceremony

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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Frameless

USS George H.W. Bush departs Portsmouth, England 110531-N-VQ827-927

USS George H.W. Bush action 140611-N-QG393-037

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower 122012-N-ZN152-178

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Joshua Butler, kneeling, performs basic self-defense techniques during force protection training April 25, 2013, aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) 130425-N-YZ751-046

U.S. Sailors prepare to launch an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 124 from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Sept 140901-N-MW819-066

U.S. Navy Ship's Serviceman Seaman Recruit Sam Suprana gives a haircut to Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice Luis Plata in the barber shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in 130523-N-CZ979-044

USS George H.W. Bush operations 130913-N-EF845-001

USS George H.W. Bush sailors at work 121101-N-UE260-039

George HW Bush undergoes planned incremental availability 120816-N-VA840-186

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Joshua Jones acts as a wounded victim during a mass casualty training exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Atlantic 130521-N-FE409-046

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		NavSource Naval History page@		Wikidata
commons	image		USS George H.W. Bush departs Portsmouth, England 110531-N-VQ827-927		Commons
commons	image		USS George H.W. Bush action 140611-N-QG393-037		Commons
commons	image		USS Dwight D. Eisenhower 122012-N-ZN152-178		Commons
commons	image		U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Joshua Butler, kneeling, performs basic self-defense techniques during force protection training April 25, 2013, aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) 130425-N-YZ751-046		Commons
commons	image		U.S. Sailors prepare to launch an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 124 from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Sept 140901-N-MW819-066		Commons
commons	image		U.S. Navy Ship's Serviceman Seaman Recruit Sam Suprana gives a haircut to Machinist's Mate Fireman Apprentice Luis Plata in the barber shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in 130523-N-CZ979-044		Commons
commons	image		USS George H.W. Bush operations 130913-N-EF845-001		Commons
commons	image		USS George H.W. Bush sailors at work 121101-N-UE260-039		Commons
commons	image		George HW Bush undergoes planned incremental availability 120816-N-VA840-186		Commons
commons	image		U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Joshua Jones acts as a wounded victim during a mass casualty training exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Atlantic 130521-N-FE409-046		Commons