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Sailors assigned to the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked Carrier Air Wing One One (CVW-11) man the rails upon entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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Sailors assigned to the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked Carrier Air Wing One One (CVW-11) man the rails upon entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Mar. 11, 2003) Sailors assigned to the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked Carrier Air Wing One One (CVW-11) man the rails upon entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Kristi Earl. File# 030311-N-1974E-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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11/03/2003 - 11/03/2003
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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