USS George H W Bush - Leaving the Solent
USS George H W Bush leaving the Solent and being turned to face East by her tugs.
The security patrols set up an exclusion zone around her and people stood on a shingle spit to wave her off.
USS George H W Bush statistics
5,000 + crew members
97,000 tonnes
330 metres long
90 aircraft on board
Top speed of over 30 knots
4 acres of deck space
2 No. 21ft diameter propellers
2 Nuclear reactor power plants
18,000+ meals a day from kitchens
40,000 gallons of desalinated water processed every day
Nuclear power plants will last for over 25 years
The land mass on the horizon is the Isle of Wight.
She was rotating on her anchor as the tide fell. All 97,000 tonnes of her. The tugs then nudged her into position to sail out of Solent waters.
USS George H W Bush - Leaving the Solent
USS George H W Bush leaving the Solent and being turned to face East by her tugs.
The security patrols set up an exclusion zone around her and people stood on a shingle spit to wave her off.
USS George H W Bush statistics
5,000 + crew members
97,000 tonnes
330 metres long
90 aircraft on board
Top speed of over 30 knots
4 acres of deck space
2 No. 21ft diameter propellers
2 Nuclear reactor power plants
18,000+ meals a day from kitchens
40,000 gallons of desalinated water processed every day
Nuclear power plants will last for over 25 years
The land mass on the horizon is the Isle of Wight.
She was rotating on her anchor as the tide fell. All 97,000 tonnes of her. The tugs then nudged her into position to sail out of Solent waters.