USS George H.W. Bush CVN - 77

Name:	USS George H.W. Bush
Namesake:	George H. W. Bush
Ordered:	26 January 2001
Awarded:	26 January 2001
Builder:	Northrop Grumman Newport News[1]
Cost:	$6.2 billion[2]
Laid down:	6 September 2003[1]
Sponsored by:	Dorothy Bush Koch[1]
Christened:	7 October 2006
Launched:	9 October 2006
Commissioned:	10 January 2009[2]
Homeport:	NS Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia
Motto:	Freedom at Work
Nickname(s):	Avenger
Status:	In active service, as of 2016
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan subclass
Displacement:	102,000 long tons (114,000 short tons)[3]
Length:	Overall: 1,092 feet (332.8 m) Waterline: 1,040 feet (317.0 m)
Beam:	Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft:	Maximum navigational: 37 feet (11.3 m) Limit: 41 feet (12.5 m)
Propulsion:	2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (194 MW)
Speed:	30+ knots (56+ km/h; 35+ mph)
Range:	Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement:	Ship's company: 3,200 Air wing: 2,480
Sensors and processing systems:	SPS-48E 3-D air search radar SPS-49A(V)1 2-D air search radar SPQ-9B fire control radar 2 × SPN-46 air traffic control radars SPN-43C air traffic control radar SPN-41 instrument landing system radar 3 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 3 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare & decoys:	SLQ-32A(V)4 Countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Armament:	2 × Mk 29 ESSM launcher 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile 3 (or 4?) × Phalanx CIWS[4]
Armor:	2.5 in (64 mm) Kevlar over vital spaces[5]
Aircraft carried:	90 fixed wing and helicopters