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Two S-3B Vikings prepare to launch off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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Persian Gulf (Oct. 06, 2005) Two S-3B Vikings, assigned to the Scouts of Sea Control Squadron Two Four (VS-24), prepare to launch off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Michael D. Cole File# 051006-N-2838C-008
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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