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Barbara W. Lehman, wife of Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. and Ship's Sponsor; prepares to christen the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) duringthe ship's launching ceremony. With Mrs. Lehman are, left to right, Edward J. Campbell, Newport News Shipbuilding; Lehman's daughter, Alexandra, Maid of Honor; and Secretary Lehman

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Barbara W. Lehman, wife of Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. and Ship's Sponsor; prepares to christen the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) duringthe ship's launching ceremony. With Mrs. Lehman are, left to right, Edward J. Campbell, Newport News Shipbuilding; Lehman's daughter, Alexandra, Maid of Honor; and Secretary Lehman

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Base: Newport News

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 C. Drake

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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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27/10/1984
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