EA-6B launches from USS Washington
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At sea aboard USS George Washington An EA-6B "Prowler" assigned to the "Scorpions" of Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron One Three Two (VAQ-132) launches from one of four steam driven catapults on the ships flight deck. Washington is homeported in Norfolk, Va. and is on a six-month deployment conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class T.J. Talarico. File# 020818-N-2329T-001
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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