Adm. Robert J. Natter, Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet receives the Distinguished Service Medal
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Norfolk, Va. (Oct. 03, 2003) Adm. Robert J. Natter, Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet receives the Distinguished Service Medal from the Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment) during Adm. Natters Change of Command aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in Norfolk, Va. Adm. Natter relinquished command of the Navys Fleet Forces Command and U.S. Atlantic Fleet to Adm. William J. Fallon. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Jamie L. Mills. File# 031003-N-0987M-501
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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