Soviet naval officers and crewmen tour the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67). Officers and crewmen of the guided missile cruiser MARSHAL USTINOV (CG 088), the guided missile destroyer OTLICHNYY (DDG 434) and the replenishment oiler GENRIKH GASANOV are visiting the carrier as part of their five-day goodwill visit to the American base
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Base: Naval Base, Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Lipski
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.
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