The ships of Battle Group Foxtrot steam in formation. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) is at center. The other ships are, clockwise from left: the guided missile frigate USS INGRAHAM (FFG-61), the guided missile frigate USS GARY (FFG-51), the destroyer USS MERRILL (DD-976), the replenishment oiler USS ROANOKE (AOR-7), the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9) and the guided missile cruiser USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG-57). Exact Date Shot Unknown
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Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Tracy Lee Didas
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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Date
01/06/1991
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The U.S. National Archives
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