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Lt. Cmdr. Henry Holcombe, chaplain, reads the benediction during a ceremony commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).
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ARABIAN SEA (Sep. 11, 2012) Lt. Cmdr. Henry Holcombe, chaplain, reads the benediction during a ceremony commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Randy J. Savarese) File# 120911-N-JV638-030
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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