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Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) render honors to the USS Arizona Memorial as it arrives in Pearl Harbor after participating in RIMPAC 2004.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Jul. 22, 2004) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) render honors to the USS Arizona Memorial as it arrives in Pearl Harbor after participating in RIMPAC 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating nations; Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Ryan C. McGinley For more information go to: http://www.cpf.navy.mil/RIMPAC2004/ File# 040722-N-3019M-003
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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