The USS George HW Bush is the latest addition to the US Navy. It is the last and final supercarrier of the Nimitz class. It is 1092 feet long and it weighs 103,000 tons. It costs over 6.2 billion dollars to make this ship. It was launched October 9, 2006 and commissioned in January 10, 2009. It was named after President George H.W. Bush. It is the biggest and the last of the supercarriers for the US Navy at this time.
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George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). Wikipedia, 28 Apr. 2014. Web. 5 May 2014 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN-77)>.
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