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An aerial starboard bow view of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) underway, surrounded by its battle group for Fleet Week

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An aerial starboard bow view of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) underway, surrounded by its battle group for Fleet Week

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Subject Operation/Series: FLEET WEEK

Base: New York Harbor

State: New York (NY)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Dittmar

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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28/04/1989
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The U.S. National Archives
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