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A right rear view of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft from Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) being launched from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43)

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A right rear view of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft from Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) being launched from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43)

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Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Robert S. Swinland

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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01/05/1981
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The U.S. National Archives
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