USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)
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| Career (US) | 
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| Ordered: | 26 January 2001 |
| Laid down: | 6 September 2003 |
| Launched: | |
| Status: |
Under construction as of 2005 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 101,000–104,000 tons full load |
| Length: | Overall: 1,092 ft (333 m) Waterline: 1,040 ft (317 m) |
| Beam: | Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m) |
| Draft: | Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m) Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m) |
| Propulsion and power: | 2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (194 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (56+ km/h) |
| Range: |
Essentially unlimited |
| Complement: | Ship's company: 3,200 Air wing: 2,480 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
SPS-48E 3-D air search radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
SLQ-32(V)4 jamming/deception suite |
| Armament: |
4 × Phalanx CIWS |
| Armor: |
Unknown |
| Aircraft: |
90 fixed wing and helicopters |
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USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) is the planned name of the tenth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. It is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for former President George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II.
Construction began in 2001 by Northrop Grumman's Newport News Shipbuilding. In December 2002, it was announced that the carrier would be named after the 41st President. The George H. W. Bush is to be the final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier constructed; her successor will be CVN-21. Christening is scheduled for March 2006 and delivery for March 2008. It is scheduled to be commissioned in 2009.
Very few ships of the United States Navy have been named for a person who was alive at the time of the christening; the list includes
Carl Vinson (CVN-70),
Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709),
Arleigh Burke (DDG-51),
John C. Stennis (CVN-74),
Bob Hope (T-AKR-300),
Ronald Reagan (CVN-76),
Nitze (DDG-94),
Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), and
George H. W. Bush (CVN-77).ja:ジョージ・H・W・ブッシュ (空母)
zh:美國布希號航空母艦
