USS George Washington CVN-73

USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. She is the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship with that name. The ship is 1,092 feet (333 m) long, 257 ft (78 m) wide and 244 ft (74 m) high. The super carrier can accommodate approximately 90 aircraft and has a flight deck 4.5 acres (18,000 m2) in size. It is powered by two Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors and has four 5-bladed propellers of 66,220 pounds (30,040 kg) each. George Washington can travel more than 3,000,000 nautical miles (5,600,000 km; 3,500,000 mi) before needing refueling. The carrier underwent her four-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) beginning in August 2017, and was returned to service in May 2023. In 2008, USS George Washington became the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier to be forward-deployed at naval base Yokosuka, Japan.