Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Carlos Diaz greets his wife and baby girl in Yokosuka, Japan, after a seven-week deployment aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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Yokosuka, Japan (Dec. 12, 2005) Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Carlos Diaz greets his wife and baby girl in Yokosuka, Japan, after a seven-week deployment aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group returned to Yokosuka after completing a 50-day winter cruise, which included participation in Annual Exercise (AnnualEx) 2005, a combined exercise with Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force, and a port visit to Hong Kong. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Matthew Reinhardt File# 051212-N-8854R-093
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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