A photographer first class (PH1) is seen making out the shoot sheets which are as necessary as exposing the film. In front of him is a video camera mounted on a tripod to capture the event. He is covering the decommissioning of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) which served the nation for forty-seven years

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.