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Living Person

USS_George_Washington_(CVN-73)
is

As of April 12, 2026

43 years old
3 months!

Days Until Birthday

258 days

Days Since Birth

15,812 days
elapsed

Date of Birth

(December 27born, 1982 ) is

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Moon

578.8 years old

Mercury

179.7 years old

Venus

70.4 years old

Mars

23 years old

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USS *George Washington* (CVN-73)
History

USS George Washington transiting the East China Sea, December 2010




United States
Name	George Washington
Namesake	George Washington
Ordered	27 December 1982
Builder	Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Newport News
Laid down	25 August 1986
Launched	21 July 1990
Sponsored by	Barbara Bush
Christened	21 July 1990
Acquired	8 June 1992
Commissioned	4 July 1992
Home port	Yokosuka
Identification	MMSI number: 368913000 Callsign: NNGW Hull number: CVN-73
Motto	Spirit of Freedom
Nickname(s)	GW
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	104,200 long tons (116,700 short tons)
Length	Overall: 1,092 ft (332.8 m) Waterline: 1,040 ft (317.0 m)
Beam	Overall: 252 ft (76.8 m) Waterline: 134 ft (40.8 m)
Draft	Maximum navigational: 37 ft (11.3 m) Limit: 41 ft (12.5 m)
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors (HEU 93.5%) 4 × steam turbines 4 × shafts 260,000 shp (190 MW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Range	Unlimited distance; 20–25 years
Complement	Ship's company: 3,532 Air wing: 2,480
Crew	6012
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-48E 3-D air search radar AN/SPS-49(V)5 2-D air search radar AN/SPQ-9B target acquisition radar AN/SPN-46 air traffic control radars AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar AN/SPN-41 landing aid radars 4 × Mk 91 NSSM guidance systems 4 × Mk 95 radars
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32A(V)4 countermeasures suite SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo countermeasures
Armament	2 × Mk 57 Mod3 Sea Sparrow 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile 3 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	90 fixed wing and helicopters

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