A view of three carriers silhouetted on the horizon while underway in formation during flight deck and catapult certification exercises off the Virginia Capes. The vessels include the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) and the nuclear-powered aircraft carriers USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) and USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)
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Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: AW2 Andrew J. Roberts
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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