US Navy (USN) Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handling 3rd Class (AB3) Brian Cooper, inspects sprinkler heads during a test of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74)'s flight deck Aqueous Film Forming Foam system
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Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74)
Scene Camera Operator: An Alan Willis, 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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