A U.S. Navy flight deck"topside PETTY Officer,"puts an E-2C Hawkeye from the"Golden Hawks"of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 112 at tension and prepares to launch aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 8, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Jon Hyde) (RELEASED)
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Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Jon Hyde, USN
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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08/11/2006
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The U.S. National Archives
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