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Monday, September 03, 2007

Work on carrier entering final lap

The completion of the George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier is underway, with the ship 15 months from delivery.

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usOne ship compartment at a time, Northrop Grumman News is turning over the last Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to the Navy.

Of 2,733 individual spaces on the ship - from living spaces to bomb storage areas to linen closets - 384 of them are now in the hands of the Navy crew.

"They lock the door and put a sign on it, and we can't get into it without asking them," said Dan Klemencic, a construction superintendent on the Bush.

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