Sailors and guests stand beside the island of the auxiliary aircraft landing training ship USS LEXINGTON (AVT 16) as the ship makes for the Port of Pensacola. The LEXINGTON is shifting its home port from Naval Air Station (NAS), Pensacola to the city pier, from which it will operate until the multi-purpose aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) takes over the training carrier role at NAS, Pensacola
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pensacola Bay
State: Florida (FL)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant
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.
Tags
Date
Source
Copyright info