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USS George H.W. Bush
USS ''George H.W. Bush'' (CVN-77) is the tenth and final ''Nimitz''-class supercarrier of the United States Navy.〔 She is named for the 41st President of the United States and former Director of Central Intelligence George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II. ''Bush'' callsign is ''Avenger'', after the TBM Avenger aircraft flown by then-Lieutenant George Bush in World War II. Construction began in 2003 at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard's Dry Dock 12, the largest in the western hemisphere. She was completed in 2009 at a cost of $6.2 billion〔 and her home port is Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
==Etymology==
George H. W. Bush became the U.S. Navy's youngest pilot when he received his Naval Aviator wings and naval commission on 9 June 1943, three days before turning 19.〔Ryder, Robert Randall "My War Chuck Downey Youngest Naval Aviator in WWII." Sea Classics, August 2013. "Off he went for training in Memphis, Tenn., before heading to Pensacola, Fla., for flight school, where he was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy on July 16, 1943. Downey was the tender age of 18 years, 11 months and 14 days when he earned his wings."〕 He flew torpedo bombers off USS ''San Jacinto'' on active duty from August 1943 to September 1945 during World War II. On 2 September 1944, during a mission over the Pacific, Japanese anti-aircraft fire hit his plane. The Navy submarine USS ''Finback'' rescued him. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals for courageous service in the Pacific Theater.
USS ''George H.W. Bush'' is the second United States aircraft carrier to be named after a naval aviator ( was the first) and the second, following ''Ronald Reagan'', to be named after a living former president (''Reagan'' was christened in 2001 while President Reagan was still alive).
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