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Vice Adm. James E. Service, commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet, speaks with CAPT. Thomas A. Mercer upon his promotion to rear admiral (lower half) during the change of command ceremony aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Mercer is being relieved as commanding officer of the ship by Capt. George D. O`Brien Jr.

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Vice Adm. James E. Service, commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet, speaks with CAPT. Thomas A. Mercer upon his promotion to rear admiral (lower half) during the change of command ceremony aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Mercer is being relieved as commanding officer of the ship by Capt. George D. O`Brien Jr.

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Base: Naval Air Station, North Island

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 R.C. Galaviz

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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20/03/1986
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