An F/A-18 launches from one of four steam driven catapults aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
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Mediterranean Sea (Feb. 25, 2003) An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105) launches from one of four steam driven catapults aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Christopher B. Stoltz. File# 030225-N-9964S-114
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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