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A U.S. Marine plays taps during a memorial service on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The service is being held for two pilots from Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33)

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A U.S. Marine plays taps during a memorial service on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). The service is being held for two pilots from Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33)

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Base: Malaga

Country: Spain (ESP)

Scene Camera Operator: PHC C. Pedrick

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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22/11/1979
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The U.S. National Archives
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