Posted on 01/29/2010 8:31:44 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) departed Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., for sea trials Jan. 27 after a seven-month maintenance period.
During Sea Trials, the ship's electronics, communication, navigation and other combat systems that were built or modified in the shipyard will be tested.
In addition, an inspection of the ship's catapults and jet blast deflectors will be conducted, as well as inspections of the ship's berthing spaces, demonstrations of search and rescue equipment firefighting capabilities, and an evaluation of food service facilities to determine the ship's overall mission readiness.
Bush's sea trials comes after a highly successful Post Shakedown Availability/Selective Restrictive Availability that officially completed the construction of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier.
"In just seven months, the ship experienced an amount of depot and intermediate level work comparable to an 11-month planned incremental availability," said Bush's Chief Engineer, Cmdr. Shannon Terhune.
Work on the ship over the last seven months included finishing the airwing spaces and combat systems suite, implementation of ship alterations to get the ship on the class maintenance plan, and the completion of the ship's force work package.
Ship's force work saved the Navy more than half a million dollars, according to Bush Engineering Department Leading Chief Petty Officer, Master Chief Machinist's Mate (SW) Al Fuller, and more than 60 percent of the overall ship's force work package fell to Engineering Department Sailors to complete.
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What a blast!
I did sea trial onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and USS George Washington (CVN-73). Nothing beats that first night at sea and the high power runs the shipyard has to make to demonstrate what the hull can do.
people would be amazed at how fast one of these ships can move when it wants to...
God bless the USA.. I get teary eyed when I think about our beloved military... God bless the USA..
I thought that was going to be the USS Obama..
“people would be amazed at how fast one of these ships can move when it wants to...”
You can say that again. I served aboard the USS Enterprise CVAN-65 during the Veitnam War as part of the Air Wing VF-96 and coming back to San Francisco we would race the other ships and guess which one was the fastest. Yep, the Enterprise.
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Yep! When I was onboard USS Eisenhower, our task force was relieved at Be-No Station off of Beirut three days before Kitty Hawk relieved us, and we still beat out escorts to Gibraltar!
The USS Jimmy Carter
How do you spell *T*A*R*G*E*T* ??
I read someplace - probably FR- that the JC is the only ship in the Navy referred to by it’s number rather than a nickname.
Great Ship. Great man.
I wonder how long it will take for CVN-77 George H.W. Bush to be known simply as “the W”.
"The Dub-Ya!"
I like it!
Eh? What's wrong with "Bunny Bait"???
Forever. Dubya is his kid.
We ask Our Wonderful GOD to Continue to Bless Our Great President George H.W. Bush and his Fantastic Wife and Partner Barbara!! and their Wonderful Gift to Humanity and America, Our President George W. Bush!!!!!!!!!!!!
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