The US Navy's nuclear powered Los Angeles Class Submarine USS SCRANTON (SSN 756) prepares to dive into the waters of the Adriatic Sea, following a welcomed mail delivery from Helicopter Antisubmarine Warfare Squadron Five (HS 5) embarked on board the US Navy nuclear aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) (not shown)
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Country: Adriatic Sea
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jim Vidrine, USN
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
22/02/1996
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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