Vice President of the United States Al Gore was the principle speaker at the christening of the Nimitz class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John C. Stennis (CVN-74) at Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Corporation. He is shown here addressing the gathered crowd of 16,000 shipyard workers and guests
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Base: Newport News
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Wendy Hamme
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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