An F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter launches from catapult one on the flight deck aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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Mediterranean Sea (Jan. 25, 2003) An F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter launches from catapult one on the flight deck aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are currently on deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class H. Dwain Willis. File# 030125-N-1058W-006
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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