USS George H. W. Bush is the tenth and final Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st president of the United States and 11th director of central intelligence Geo
USS George H. W. Bush in January 2011
George H. W. Bush in a Grumman TBM Avenger during World War II
Placement of the 700-ton island onto the ship's flight deck in 2006
Pentagon naming ceremony in December 2002
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 43rd vice president under Ronald Reagan. His son,
USS George H. W. Bush
…Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st president of the United States and 11th director of central intelligence George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II. The vessel's callsign is Avenger, named after the TBF Avenger aircraft flown by then-Lieutenant Bush in…
Bush's Phillips Academy yearbook photo, 1942
Bush, top right, standing with his wife and children, mid-1960s