low visibility watch as USS Higgins (DDG 76) pulls along side the aircraft carrier for a refueling at sea
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At sea aboard USS Constellation Operations Specialist Seaman Michael Martin stands the low visibility watch as USS Higgins (DDG 76) pulls along side the aircraft carrier for a refueling at sea (RAS). Constellation is currently on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment conducting operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Charles E. Alvarado. File# 021212-N-1356A-006
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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