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An Aviation Boatswain Mate (BM) (Handler) directs an EA-6B "Prowler" to the number one catapult of the aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), for launch

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An Aviation Boatswain Mate (BM) (Handler) directs an EA-6B "Prowler" to the number one catapult of the aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), for launch

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Base: Uss Enterprise (CVN 65)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Timothy S. Smith, USN

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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20/01/1999
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The U.S. National Archives
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