President George H. W. Bush stands by as Barbara Bush, ship's sponsor, christens the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73). Edward J. Campbell, president and chief executive officer of Newport News Shipbuilding, is at left
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Base: Newport News
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Harry Gerwien
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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