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USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship named after George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and the first president of the United States. The contract for George Washington was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding on 27 December 1982. Her keel was laid on 25 August 1986, she was christened on 21 July 1990 by First Lady Barbara Bush, and the vessel was commissioned at Naval Station Norfolk on 4 July 1992.
In 2008, USS George Washington became the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier to be forward-deployed at naval base Yokosuka, Japan.
Since August 2017, the carrier has been in her four-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH), which was expected to be completed by May 2022.[5] After refueling was completed additional repairs were found to be needed and the overhaul was extended. In April of 2022 The Military times reported an increase in suicides citing difficult working conditions for the crew. The repairs will not be completed until at least December 2022.
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