Elevated view of the flight deck aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70). An F-14 Tomcat has just taken off and an A-7 Corsair II aircraft is waiting for launch. Various aircraft are parked on the right
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 E. E. Cordero
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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Date
04/04/1985
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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