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Posted By y_soitenly 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Political NewsNEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Spraying the bubbles from sparkling wine across the enormous gray bow of the USS George H.W. Bush, the Bush family on Saturday christened the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 82-year-old former president.
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USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and last Nimitz class supercarrier of the United States Navy.[1] She is named for former President George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II. George H. W. Bush is to be the final Nimitz class aircraft carrier constructed; the next carrier built will be Gerald R. FordTemplate:WP Ships USS instances, the first of a new class.
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She is the second United States aircraft carrier to be named after a naval aviator (ForrestalTemplate:WP Ships USS instances was the first). Other naval vessels named for aviators include frigates McCluskyTemplate:WP Ships USS instances and ThachTemplate:WP Ships USS instances, and destroyer MasseyTemplate:WP Ships USS instances, all named for aviators who commanded formations in the Battle of Midway. George H.W. Bush is also the second aircraft carrier, following Ronald Reagan, to be named after a living former President. While still a Nimitz class ship, George H. W. Bush differs significantly from her predecessors, even more so than the differences between CVN 68–70 and CVN 71–76. -
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“She is unrelenting, she is unshakable, she is unyielding, she is unstoppable,” Bush said, lauding the warship’s state-of-the-art design before pausing for a punch line aimed at his mother’s well-known steely constitution. “As a matter of fact, probably should have been named the Barbara Bush.” -
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