It was a big day when the USS George H.W. Bush was commissioned and we watched the ceremony on television. It was quite a site to see all those sailors going on board to start it up. It was the perfect gift for an old Navy flier: 1.092 feet of flattop. President George W. Bush asked "what do you give a guy who has been blessed and has just about everything he has ever needed?" "Well, an aircraft carrier." That is what President Bush said from aboard the Navy's newest ship.
It is a steel-gray vessel longer than three football fields and built at a cost of $6.2 billion. It was commissioned on Saturday with its namesake, the 41st president, and other members of the Bush family on hand for the ceremonies at Naval Station Norfolk. It is one of the Nimitz class of nuclear powered aircraft carriers, the largest warships in the world. It is 95 tons of aluminum and steel and will carry nearly 6,000 of the finest sailors and Marines in the world. She represents the craftsmanship of many skilled builders, and thousands of hours of preparation. Fantastic!
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