Members of the Chesapeake Bay Commission (a legislative body composed of representative from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) and the Department of Defense Representative to the Commission, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Frederic R."Rick"Ruehe (right, back), Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, tour the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) during their quarterly meeting on Nov. 9, 2006, while the ROOSEVELT is in port at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Va. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications SPECIALIST SEAMAN Apprentice Joshua A. Nuzzo) (Released)
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Base: Naval Station, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSA Joshua Adam Nuzzo, 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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