The USS George Herbert Walker Bush (CVN-77) is the latest aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the last descendant of the USS Nimitzclass carriers. The 41st President of the United States of America gave the name of the ship not only for being a (former) President but also his role as young naval aviator during the 2nd World War. In the 1940s George HW Bush was a pilot on the Grumman TBM Avenger in the Pacific Ocean and the callsign of the ship is appropriately ‘Avenger’. The ship has as its motto “Freedom at Work”.

Top