(Click Image To Enlarge)U.S. sailors walk alongside Pre-Commissioning Unit George H.W. Bush, docked in Norfolk, Va., Jan. 7, 2009, during a rehearsal for the aircraft carrier's commissioning ceremony. The ship is scheduled to be commissioned Jan. 10 at Naval Station Norfolk. U.S. Navy photo by Navy Seaman Joel S. Kolodziejczak
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NORFOLK, Va. – It's the perfect gift for an old Navy flier: 1,092 feet of flattop.
"What do you give a guy who has been blessed and has just about everything he has ever needed?" asked President George W. Bush from aboard the Navy's newest ship. "Well, an aircraft carrier."
The USS George H.W. Bush, a steel-gray vessel longer than three football fields and built at a cost of $6.2 billion, was commissioned Saturday with its namesake, the 41st president, and other members of the Bush family on hand for the ceremonies at Naval Station Norfolk.
Adorned for the day with red, white and blue bunting, the USS George H.W. Bush is one of the Nimitz class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, the largest warships in the world.
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