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Low angle view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) being assisted by two tugboats
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Base: Alameda
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 J.W. Oslund, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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