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USS George H. W. Bush is a Nimitz-class supercarrier laid down on September 6, 2003 and launched on October 9, 2006. It was commissioned on January 10, 2009 under Rear Admiral Nora Tyson’s command with the hull number CVN-77 and it is still serving in the US Navy. During its activities, the ship carried a complement of 3,200 people onboard and 90 aircraft and had the main missions in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth, Naples, Norfolk, the Strait of Gibraltar, Piraeus, southern Turkey, Suez Canal or the Persian Gulf.