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Airman Emily Tate, from McKinney, Texas, scans the perimeter while standing watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Suez Canal, April 20, 2019.
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Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Emily Tate, from McKinney, Texas, scans the perimeter while standing watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Suez Canal, April 20, 2019. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ikenna Tanaka/Released) File# 190420-N-HM296-0044
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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