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A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) as the Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) system is tested on the flight deck while the vessel is underway off the coast of Virginia during sea trials

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A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) as the Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) system is tested on the flight deck while the vessel is underway off the coast of Virginia during sea trials

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Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Johnny Bivera

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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15/04/1992
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The U.S. National Archives
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