Sailors man the rails of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the ship pulls into Truman Bay, Yokosuka, Japan following a 56-day winter underway period which included port calls to Sasebo and Hong Kong.
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Pacific Ocean (Dec. 10, 2006) Sailors man the rails of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the ship pulls into Truman Bay, Yokosuka, Japan following a 56-day winter underway period which included port calls to Sasebo and Hong Kong. The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group also participated in ANNUALEX 2006, which included more than 8,500 U.S. personnel, 85 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and 13 U.S. ships and submarines. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Todd P. Cichonowicz File# 061210-N-8492C-023
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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