Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Doug Bellew displays the weight of an F/A-18F Super Hornet.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 25, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Doug Bellew displays the weight of an F/A-18F Super Hornet to the catapult safety officer before take off on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 are conducting tailored ship's training availability off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick Heil) File# 090225-N-3946H-050
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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