An aerial view of the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60), the guided missile destroyer USS SCOTT (DDG 995), and the fleet oiler USS MONONGAHELA (AO 178) tied up at pier. This is the first time an aircraft carrier has visited the island
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Base: Diego Garcia
Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 P.D. Goodrich
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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