A Sailor from guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) reunites with his family upon the ship�s return home following a four-month deployment to the Western Pacific in support of 7th Fleet.
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sep. 04, 2007) A Sailor from guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) reunites with his family upon the ships return home following a four-month deployment to the Western Pacific in support of 7th Fleet. While deployed, the ship took part in Exercise Talisman Saber and escorted aircraft carriers USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68). U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist David Rush File# 070904-N-0879R-009
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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