A port beam view of the Tank Landing Ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193) (foreground), and the Frigate USS MCCLOY (FF 1038) (background), underway. The ships are part of the battle group accompanying the Aircraft Carrier USS FORRESTAL (CV 59) to New York City for Fleet Week 89
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Dittmar, USN
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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Date
28/04/1989
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The U.S. National Archives
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