Navy Carrier Named in Honor of Former President

Arlington, Va., The Pentagon (Dec. 9, 2002) -- Former President George H.W. Bush (center), the 41st President of the United States, examines a model of CVN 77, the U.S. Navy’s 10th Nimitz-class aircraft carrier officially named USS George H.W. Bush by The Honorable Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy, at a ceremony held in the Pentagon. The future George H.W. Bush is presently under construction at Northrop Grumman Newport News in Virginia. The ship is expected to join the fleet in 2009.

Photographed from left to right are Adm. Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy, former President George H.W. Bush, Senator John Warner, R-Va., and General James L. Jones, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. 
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Johnny Bivera. 

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