Among the distinguished guests touring the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) are, left to right: Rear Admiral (RADM) James G. Storms III, commander, US Naval Forces Korea; Richard Walker, US ambassador to South Korea; General Hwang, Third Korean Army; and Vice Admiral Kyung Hwan Oh, commander Korean Fleet
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Base: USS Midway (CV 41)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David C. Maclean
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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Date
11/11/1981
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The U.S. National Archives
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