The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) underway in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 23, 2003) The nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and Spruance class destroyer USS Briscoe (DD 977) underway in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea as aircraft from Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) conduct a formation fly-over during an air power demonstration for visiting Congressional Delegates. Truman and San Jacinto are currently on deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael W. Pendergrass. File# 030423-N-3235P-509
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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