Vice President George Bush speaks aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) during the Peace in the Pacific celebration commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the war with Japan. Seated behind him is Admiral James D. Watkins (foreground), chief of Naval Operations
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Base: San Francisco Bay
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 M. Grube
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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