Sailors assigned to the air department of the forward deployed Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) reset the catapult after launching an F/A-18E Super Hornet.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (May. 27, 2012) Sailors assigned to the air department of the forward deployed Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) reset the catapult after launching an F/A-18E Super Hornet. George Washington departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka on May 26 to begin its 2012 patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Paul Kelly) File# 120527-N-TX154-235
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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