Improved Nimitz class - CVN - Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) IMO: MMSI: 369970663 Flight Deck: 77 Call Sign: NGHW Shipyard: Newport News Shipbuilding Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedPort VisitDeploymentHomeport History of USS George H. W. Bush CVN-77 2003-sep-06Laid downLaid down 2006-oct-07LaunchedLaunched 2009-jan-10CommissionedCommissioned 2009-jan-11HomeportHomeport NS Norfolk Norfolk, Virginia 2011-may-11DeploymentDeployment To UK, for exercise and visit to Portsmouth on 27 May 2017-jul-27Port VisitPort Visit Stokes Bay moored in The Solent for Portsmouth port visit, prior to joining Exercise Saxon Warrior 17. Her escorts, USS Philippine Sea and USS Donald Cook visited HMNB Portsmouth. 2017-aug-01DeploymentDeployment North Western Approaches Saxon Warrior 17 Exercise Saxon Warrior 17 participated in NATO exercise 2018-aug-21NEWS Future of US Navy Onboard Delivery Missions 2023-jan-26NEWSAdriatic Sea US Navy HSC-5 Training in Bizë, Albania Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Improved Nimitz class 100000full load (tn) 333length (m) 40.80beam (m) 11.80draught (m) 31max speed (knots) 4Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm Aircraft Typical Max US Navy Sikorsky S-61 H-3 60 Builder Newport News Shipbuilding,
Stokes Bay moored in The Solent for Portsmouth port visit, prior to joining Exercise Saxon Warrior 17. Her escorts, USS Philippine Sea and USS Donald Cook visited HMNB Portsmouth.
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