US Journalist Diane Sawyer walks with US Navy (USN) Commander, Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9), Rear Admiral (RADM upper half) Willaim Doug Crowder (right), on the flight deck of the Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Her tour was during the Tsunami relief effort in South East Asia (SEA)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)
Scene Major Command Shown: Diane Sawyer & Radm. Crowder
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Tyler J. Clements, 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.
