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The Mayor gets behind the wheel of the aircraft carrier George HW Bush (06/06/2011)

The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, will receive this afternoon at the controls of the USS George HW Bush, during his stopover in Cartagena waters.

The visit has formal character and is understood as a courtesy to the makers of naval vessels arriving for the first time the city offered to the first municipal authority and then returned with other municipal officials visited the ship.

The interview will be held at 13.15 hours.

The control unit will be headed by Rear Adm. Nora Tyson, along with the commodore and commander of the carrier Brian E.

Luther.

Also present will be the American naval attache and the commander of the Spanish frigate Jean de Bourbon, Benigno Gonzalez-Aller Gros.

Juan de Borbon frigate has been consolidated since last May 18 at the naval group comprising the aircraft carrier George HW Bush, two cruisers and two destroyers equipped with the AEGIS combat system, similar to the one installed in the Spanish frigate.

For one month advance made in joint training and interoperability of equipment and procedures between the frigate F-100 Spanish and American ships.

The USS George HW Bush (CVN-77) is the tenth and last ship of the Nimitz class, and takes the name of item 41 United States President, George HW Bush, who was also a naval aviator during World War II.

Commissioned in 2001, was launched in October 2006 and put into service after having completed several years conducting tests at sea.

The carrier will be anchored off the coast of Cartagena for a few days.

Reaches its maximum length 332 meters and beam, 76.8 meters.

Has a depth of 12 meters and can develop a maximum speed of 30 knots (about 56 miles an hour).

Carries about 90 aircraft and helicopters, and some 7,000 people, but can reach 20,000.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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