The USS George H.W. Bush has been commissioned into the U.S navy – the ship is the last of its kind, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. George Bush Sr. in whose honor the ship has been named fittingly deserves the honor. The guy was a combat navy pilot who flew missions during WW II in the Pacific; had his plane shot down by Japanese ack ack, got rescued by a US submarine, and then back to action.
The ship has some very impressive stats. The construction of the ship consumed 47,000 tons of structural steel and about a million pounds of aluminum. The USS George H.W. Bush can achieve a top speed of more than 30 knots and its two nuclear reactors can fulfill the ship’s energy requirements for more than 20 years with no refueling required.
The ship will be home for more than 80 combat aircraft that will depend upon three wires with 2″ diameters to assist in their landings. The aircraft will rest in a hangar and will be bought to the 4.5 acre flight deck via four high-speed aircraft lifts.
The ship is massive, rising 20 stories above the sea level and is as long as the Empire State Building is tall. Four huge propellers, each weighing 30 tons will move the ship which will be steered by two massive 50-ton rudders. 6000 sailors will call the ship home which will carry rations for 90 days in its cavernous belly. 6000 sailors means that there will be at least 18,000 meals cooked per day.
The coolest feature according to me is the distillation plant which will distill sea water and provide around 400,000 gallons of fresh water every day.
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