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The propellers of the Pre Commissioning Unit (PCU) George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) are installed.
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Newport News, Va. (Apr. 26, 2006) The propellers of the Pre Commissioning Unit (PCU) George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) are installed. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is under construction at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. CVN 77 is the tenth and last Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and is scheduled for christening on Oct. 7, 2006 with delivery to the U.S. Navy in 2008. Photo by Mr. John Whalen courtesy Northrop Grumman Ship Building File# 060426-O-4780W-009
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.
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