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The nation’s newest aircraft carrier, George H.W. Bush, has been redelivered to the Navy, Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Friday.
The Newport News shipyard has completed the carrier's "post-shakedown availability," a seven-month period of maintenance and modernization its initial sea trials last spring.
Named after America’s 41st president, the George H. W. Bush is the 10th and final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Its keel was laid Sept. 6, 2003; it was christened Oct. 7, 2006; commissioned Jan. 10, 2009; and first delivered to the Navy on May 11.
The new carrier will be homeported at Norfolk Naval Station.
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