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A close-up view of the Mark 15 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) on the superstructure of a U.S. Navy ship being overtaken to starboard by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during a seapower demonstration for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the NIMITZ

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A close-up view of the Mark 15 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) on the superstructure of a U.S. Navy ship being overtaken to starboard by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during a seapower demonstration for military officials from the People's Republic of China visiting aboard the NIMITZ

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Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

Scene Camera Operator: Unknown

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.

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30/01/1989
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The U.S. National Archives
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