An S-3B Viking assigned to the Sea Control Squadron Three Five (VS-35) prepares to launch from one of four steam powered catapults.
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Western Pacific Ocean (Aug. 06, 2004) An S-3B Viking assigned to the "Blue Wolves" of Sea Control Squadron Three Five (VS-35) prepares to launch from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck during night flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are at sea on a regularly scheduled deployment in the Western Pacific. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Michael Geary File# 040806-N-9060G-097
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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