US Navy Challenge coin "USS GEORGE H W BUSH CVN77 "

24 Karat Gold plated

USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN-77) is the tenth and final Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy. She is named for the 41st President of the United States and former Director of Central Intelligence George H. W. Bush, who was a naval aviator during World War II. Bush’s callsign is Avenger, after the TBM Avenger aircraft flown by then-Lieutenant George Bush in World War II.

Construction began in 2003 at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard’s Dry Dock 12, the largest in the western hemisphere. She was completed in 2009 at a cost of $6.2 billion and her home port is Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.

SHIP’S INFORMATION: Christened: 7 October 2006 Launched: 9 October 2006 Commissioned: 10 January 2009 Motto: “Freedom at Work” Nickname: Avenger Status: Active in Commission