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The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Iroquois Class Destroyer HMCS ALGONQUIN (DDG 283) underway in close formation with the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) (right) and USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57). The ALGONQUIN is participating in an eight-ship photo exercise just prior to participation in Rim the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC enhances the tactical priciency...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Iroquois Class Destroyer HMCS ALGONQUIN (DDG 283) underway in close formation with the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) (right) and USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57). The ALGONQUIN is participating in an eight-ship photo exercise just prior to participation in Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC enhances the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region.
Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 2004
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jayme Pastoric, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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