CAPT Brent M. Bennitt, commanding officer of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68), talks with the Duke of York as they walk across the ship's flight deck. The Duke and Duchesss of York are visiting the NIMITZ for a general orientation tour of the ship. The Duchess and VADM John H. Fetterman, commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, are on the left
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Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
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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03/03/1988
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The U.S. National Archives
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