An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the
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Sea of Japan (Mar. 20, 2003) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Four Seven (VFA-147) launches from one of four steam driven catapults during flight operations aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is on deployment in the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Dustin Howell. File# 030320-N-3241H-033
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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