The tour will allow local leaders and dignitaries to observe first hand capabilities of an aircraft carrier .
The aircraft carrier was named after the first president of the United States, George Washington,The nuclear powered aircraft carrier is the sixth ship in the Nimitz class. She was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company and commissioned on July 4, 1992. The USS George Washington was named by the then First Lady Barbara Bush, in 1990. The ship’s home port was in Norfolk, Virginia, but was later shifted to the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan.USS George Washington is best known for its huge size. A few of its impressive facts include, it has a size of about 233 meters in length, 78 meters in width, and as tall as a four-story building in height, an enormous flight deck of 4.5 acres, which can accommodate about 80 aircraft, four elevators to move aircraft from the hangar bay and the flight deck, accommodation for 6,250 crew members, displacement of about 100,000 tons at full load.
