USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) Ship's Crest Mug

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USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) Ship's Crest MugNamed for the 41st President of the United States and decorated World War II naval aviator, USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) is the tenth and final Nimitz class aircraft carrier. Commissioned in January 2009, she carries on a legacy of service that began when George Herbert Walker Bush flew torpedo bombers over the Pacific in 1944 shot down in combat, rescued, and continuing a life of service that would lead to the presidency. CVN 77 honors that legacy

with Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing Eleven conducting operations in the Western Pacific and supporting enforcement of the no-fly zone over southern Iraq during Operation Southern Watch

The cruise continued Normandy's long record of sustained forward presence in the world's most strategically vital waters

Seattle and ships like her kept the Sixth Fleet supplied and ready for action

USS Independence (CV-62) deployed to the Mediterranean as the Iranian Revolution upended regional stability and American hostages were seized in Tehran

with Soviet naval forces increasingly challenging American dominance of the region

In the early hours of January 17

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) deployed in 1977-1978

The 1961 MED CRUISE came in a year of successive crises — the Bay of Pigs in April

Kennedy (CV-67) deployed on her 1992-93 cruise as the post-Cold War world took shape

Antietam and her crew met that challenge — steady

and American troop levels were falling

America struck Libya in April 1986 in response to terrorism

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