A 'Shooter' gives the signal to launch an F/A-18C Hornet from the
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Sea of Japan (Mar. 18, 2003) A 'Shooter' gives the signal to launch an F/A-18C Hornet from the "Blue Diamonds" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Six (VFA-146) from one of four steam driven catapults on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is currently on deployment in the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Dustin Howell. File# 030318-N-3241H-070
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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