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GREYTCOVERS NAVAL COVER USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH CVN-77 KEEL LAYING 6 SEPT 2003
$ 1.97
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You are bidding on a computer designed/printed Greytcovers by W.J. Wladyka (USCS #9915) naval cover (design #148)(#9 of 12 ) commemorating the Keel Laying of the USS George H.W. Bush CVN-77, a NIMITZ-class supercarrier on 6 Sept. 2003..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
call sign
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) and was completed in 2009 at a cost of .2 billion. She is homeported at
Naval Station Norfolk
, Virginia.
The cover is cancelled with a pictorial postmark on 6 Sept. 2003 at Newport News, VA 23607 and is franked with a 37c Flag stamp.
Overall cover condition is very good. The cover is a standard No. 6-3/4, 3-5/8 x 6-1/2". The blue around the edge is part of the background, not part of the cover.
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