The USS George H.W. Bush Is the Last U.S. Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Ever Built, and She’s Secretly Half-Nimitz, Half-Ford

The USS George H.W. Bush Is the Last U.S. Navy Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Ever Built, and She’s Secretly Half-Nimitz, Half-Ford

The USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) was the final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to enter service. Commissioned in 2009, she is one of the most recent and modern carriers in the U.S. Navy and still has a long service life ahead of her. Although she shares most everything in common with the other ships of her class, Bush received multiple design changes and improvements during her construction, making her firmly distinct from the other Nimitz-class…