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Anthrax vaccinations aboard ship
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At sea aboard USS John C. Stennis Hospital Corpsman Susan Piche from Coventry, RI, administers the first in a series of anthrax vaccinations to one of 6,000 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mike Larson. File# 980317-N-6901L-003
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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