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Sailor presents gift to Vice President Cheney
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At sea aboard USS John C. Stennis Illustrator Draftsman 1st Class Chad A. Dulac from Wenatchee, WA, presents his pencil drawing of Vice President Richard B. Cheney, created to honor the Vice President's visit to the deployed aircraft carrier. Vice President Cheney stopped aboard Stennis while meeting with coalition forces in the region. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Tina Lamb. File# 020315-N-9312L-343
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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