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|image = [[File:USS George H.W. Bush.jpg|300px]] |
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|caption = The USS ''George H.W. Bush'' alongside the ''USS Harry S. Truman''. |
|caption = The USS ''George H.W. Bush'' alongside the ''USS Harry S. Truman''. |
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|subordinate = [[File:600px-United States Department of the Navy Seal.png|20px]] [[United States Navy]] |
|subordinate = [[File:600px-United States Department of the Navy Seal.png|20px]] [[United States Navy]] |
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|subunits = *[[Shark 4-2]] |
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+ | Bush's call sign is Avenger, after the TBM Avenger aircraft flown by then-Lieutenant George Bush in WWII. Construction began in 2001 at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard and was completed in 2009 at a cost of $6.2 billion. |
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+ | She is home-ported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. She is one of the largest vehicles ever built by man and by far the largest weapon ever built, being around over 332 meters (1092 feet) long and weighs 100,000 tons. She carries a crew of over 5000, giving it a nickname of floating city. |
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==Battlefield 3== |
==Battlefield 3== |
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===Singleplayer=== |
===Singleplayer=== |
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+ | [[File:USS_George_H.W._Bush_(CVN-77)_Going_Hunting_BF4.png|300px|right]] |
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− | [[File:BF3 Carrier.jpg|250px|thumb|Two [[F-18|F/A-18F Super Hornets]] preparing to take off from the USS George H.W. Bush]] |
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The '''USS ''George H.W. Bush''''' appears only in the Singleplayer mission [[Going Hunting]] and is the aircraft carrier [[Jennifer Hawkins|Lt. Jennifer Hawkins]] and her pilot are assigned to. |
The '''USS ''George H.W. Bush''''' appears only in the Singleplayer mission [[Going Hunting]] and is the aircraft carrier [[Jennifer Hawkins|Lt. Jennifer Hawkins]] and her pilot are assigned to. |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*All Nimitz-Class Carriers in ''Battlefield 3'' share the same model as the USS ''George H.W. Bush''. |
*All Nimitz-Class Carriers in ''Battlefield 3'' share the same model as the USS ''George H.W. Bush''. |
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Latest revision as of 22:29, 11 May 2014
The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and final Nimitz-class super carrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II.
Bush's call sign is Avenger, after the TBM Avenger aircraft flown by then-Lieutenant George Bush in WWII. Construction began in 2001 at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard and was completed in 2009 at a cost of $6.2 billion.
She is home-ported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. She is one of the largest vehicles ever built by man and by far the largest weapon ever built, being around over 332 meters (1092 feet) long and weighs 100,000 tons. She carries a crew of over 5000, giving it a nickname of floating city.
Battlefield 3[]
Singleplayer[]
The USS George H.W. Bush appears only in the Singleplayer mission Going Hunting and is the aircraft carrier Lt. Jennifer Hawkins and her pilot are assigned to.
Trivia[]
- All Nimitz-Class Carriers in Battlefield 3 share the same model as the USS George H.W. Bush.