Manuel Rivadeneira, commanding officer of Peruvian submarine BAP (Buque Armada Peruana) Arica (SS-36), stands watch with Peruvian sailors as they begin their journey home from Naval Base Point Loma.
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SAN DIEGO (Jul. 10, 2009) Manuel Rivadeneira, commanding officer of Peruvian submarine BAP (Buque Armada Peruana) Arica (SS-36), stands watch with Peruvian sailors as they begin their journey home from Naval Base Point Loma. Arica was participating in the Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative with the U.S. Navy. Arica acted as the primary opposing submarine force for the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group's Composite Unit Training Exercise and Joint Task Force Exercise. They also conducted training with more than 40 helicopters and patrol aircraft during the Helicopter Maritime Strike Weapons School Pacific's Antisubmarine Warfare Exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeremy M. Starr) File# 090710-N-3570S-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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