Lt. Cmdr. Lloyd Mack, of Pensacola, Fla., prepares an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Patriots of Electronic Attack Squadron One Four Zero (VAQ-140) for launch .
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Mediterranean Sea (Feb. 12, 2004) Lt. Cmdr. Lloyd Mack, of Pensacola, Fla., prepares an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Patriots of Electronic Attack Squadron One Four Zero (VAQ-140) for launch from one of four steam powered catapults on the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Joan Kretschmer. File# 040212-N-6278K-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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