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US Navy (USN) SEAMAN (SN) Gavin Takata and SN Roger Lewis rig lifelines aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). Lifelines run the perimeter of the ship as a safety precaution to prevent Sailors and equipment from falling overboard

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US Navy (USN) SEAMAN (SN) Gavin Takata and SN Roger Lewis rig lifelines aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). Lifelines run the perimeter of the ship as a safety precaution to prevent Sailors and equipment from falling overboard

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Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Patrick Heil, 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.

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19/02/2006
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