U.S. Navy AIRMAN Brandi Cage, assigned to the painting and preservation team aboard the U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), sands old paint off of the superstructure on Dec. 15, 2006, while the CARL VINSON is undergoing an extensive scheduled Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at the Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyards, Newport News, Va. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Chris Fahey) (Released)
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Base: Newport News
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Chris Fahey, 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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