The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush recently sailed alongside the Italian navy’s Amerigo Vespucci, a historic reenactment some six decades in the making. The carrier hailed Vespucci in the Adriatic Sea on Thursday, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet said in a statement.

The Italian three-mast ship, launched in February 1931, identified itself by name and as “a senior national vessel in active duty.” “Amerigo Vespucci, you are still the most beautiful ship in the world,” the George H.W. Bush replied.