U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 3rd Class Noah Levey, Aerographer's Mate 3rd Class tracks tropical storm Ernesto on the AN/SPA-25G Radar System aboard the U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) is currently conducting training evolutions off the coast of Va. Aug. 31, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua A. Olson) (Released)
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Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua A. Olson, 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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