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USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship with that name, after George Washington, Founding Father, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States.
During World War II, the United States Navy purchased two Great Lakes side-wheel paddle steamers and converted them into freshwater aircraft carrier training ships. Both vessels were designated with the hull classification symbol IX and lacked hangar decks , elevators or armaments .
Interior Communications Electrician Fireman Michael Colonna, left, from Sterling Heights, Mich., and Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Anthony King, from Nacogdoches, Texas, checks for voltage on an aircraft carrier elevator bell buzzer circuit during a dock trial aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).
The Nimitz class is a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy.The lead ship of the class is named after World War II United States Pacific Fleet commander Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who was the last living U.S. Navy officer to hold the rank.
French Navy. FS Charles de Gaulle; Indian navy INS Vishal – planned (in design phase) United States Navy. Nimitz class. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) USS George Washington (CVN-73) USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
Seven of the US Navy's 11 nuclear aircraft carriers are at sea simultaneously for the first time in a very long time.
This is a list of aircraft carriers which are currently in service, under maintenance or refit, in reserve, under construction, or being updated. An aircraft carrier is a warship with a full-length flight deck, hangar and facilities for arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. [1]
Huntington Ingalls (HII) secures deal to support ship repair and alteration requirements for CVN 78 planned incremental availability.