This was also the flag that had flown over Capitol Hill on 20 January 1981, when the president was inaugurated. At the end of the graveside services, the ship's commanding officer at that time, Captain James Symonds, presented the flag that draped the former president's casket to Mrs. President Reagan, who did not attend either the launch or the commissioning due to Alzheimer's disease, died eleven months later.
Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney were both present at the ceremony, as well as Nancy Reagan, who gave the ship's crew the traditional first order as an active unit of the Navy: "Man the ship and bring her to life." Ronald Reagan made her maiden voyage on 21 July 2003.
Reagan was christened by Reagan's wife Nancy on 4 March 2001 at Newport News Shipbuilding, the crew moved aboard on, and the ship was commissioned on 12 July 2003 at Naval Station Norfolk, with Captain J. The budget for the ship had to be increased several times and ultimately $4.5 billion was spent on her construction. The contract to build Reagan was awarded to Northrop Grumman Newport News and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 8 December 1994, and her keel was laid down on 12 February 1998. Eisenhower and 4 on Vinson and later ships of the class.). Armament: Two or three (depending on modification) NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts: (3 on Nimitz and Dwight D.
USS RONALD REAGAN CARRIER BATTLE GROUP FULL
Displacement: Approximately 97, 000 tons (87, 996.9 metric tons) full load. Beam: 134 feet (40.84 meters) Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters). Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors, four shafts.
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