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Seaman Michael Schultz performs signalman duties while Sailors from Deck Department heave the phone and distance.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 03, 2012) Seaman Michael Schultz performs signalman duties while Sailors from Deck Department heave the phone and distance line on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202). John C. Stennis is returning to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility four months ahead of schedule in order to maintain combatant commander requirements for the presence in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate) File# 120903-N-OY799-010
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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