GEORGE H W BUSH CVN 77

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Nimitz Class Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier Naming Ceremony 9 December 2002 Keel Laid 6 September 2003 - Christened 7 October 2006 Launched 9 October 2006 USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH CVN-77 Commissioned 10 January 2009 Delivered & Accepted by the US Navy 11 May 2009

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS George H. W. Bush CVN-77 Covers Page 1    (2003-2018)
2. USS George H. W. Bush CVN-77 Covers Page 2    (2019-2022)
3. USS George H. W. Bush CVN-77 Covers Page 3    (2023-)
4. George H. W. Bush First Day Covers Page 1    (2019)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Pre-Commissioning Unit George H. W. Bush

 

Locy Type FDPS 2tn+(USS)

2006-10-07

PCU George H. W. Bush. First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type FDPS Type 12n+(USS)

2006-10-07

PCU George H. W. Bush. First Day of Postal Service. Postcard with the Type 2 and Type 12 postmarks, only 40 made. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2tn+(USS)

2006-12-25

PCU George H. W. Bush. Merry Christmas!, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type Locy Type 12n+(USS)

2007-03-17

PCU George H. W. Bush. St. Patrick's Day. Cachet by the Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS

 

Locy Type PPB

2007-02-19

PCU George H. W. Bush. Presidents Day, cover by the Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS

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Commissioned Ship USS George H. W. Bush

 

Locy Type FDC 13-2(n+)(USS) (FPO AE 09513-2803)

2009-01-10

Commissioning, ships cachet, requested by Elgin E. Sink

 

Locy Type Locy Type 11-2 (USS,FPO AE 09513)

2016-10-15

Family & Friends Day. Cachet by Greytcovers

 

Locy Type Locy Type 11-2 (USS,FPO AE 09513) ("GHW BUSH")

2020-05-01

Change of Command. Cachet by Neal J. Mills. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type Locy Type 12-2c (USS,FPO AE 09513)

2024-01-10

15th Anniversary. Cachet by Michael Brock

 

Locy Type Locy Type 12-2 (USS,FPO AE 09513)

2019-01-10

10th Anniversary. Ships cachet. Text cachet by Elgin E. Sink

 

Locy Type 13-2(n+)(USS) (FPO AE 09513-2803)

2011-03-17

Change of Command, cachet by Greytcovers

 

Locy Type 13-2(n+)(USS) (FPO AE 09513)

2016-05-30

Memorial Day, cachet by Neal Mills

 

Locy Type F (FPO AE 09513-2803) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-11

2011-05-08

Centennial of Naval Aviation, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Keel Laying Station" Newport News, VA

2003-09-06

Keel Laying, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Newport News Station" Newport News, VA

2006-10-07

Christening, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Day Station" Norfolk, VA

2009-01-10

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "5th Anniversary Station" Norfolk, VA

2014-01-10

5th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "10th Anniversary Station" Norfolk, VA

2019-01-10

10th Anniversary of Commissioning, Postmark created by Wolfgang Hechler, cachet by Michael Brock

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - George Herbert Walker Bush (12 June 1924 - 30 November 2018).
Lt.j.g. Bush was a World War II US Navy veteran and through 1944, he had flown 58 combat missions for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, and the Presidential Unit Citation awarded aboard the "San Jacinto".
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the forty-first President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the forty-third Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974), Chief of the United States Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China (1974–1976), and Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977).
Bush is the son of Prescott Bush, who served in the United States Senate from 1953 to 1963, and Dorothy Walker Bush. He is the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida.

The ships sponsor is Dorothy Bush Koch, George H. W. Bush's daughter.

 

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