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A group of escort ships precede the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) as it approaches the Golden Gate Bridge during Fleet Week activities

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: San Francisco Bay

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 David A. Dostie

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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group escort ships escort ships aircraft uss carl vinson aircraft carrier uss carl vinson cvn approaches golden gate bridge golden gate bridge san francisco california us navy ships united states ships nuclear powered fleet week activities aircraft carrier nuclear powered aircraft carrier san francisco bay fleet week san francisco us navy uss carl vinson high resolution ph 2 david pacific fleet us national archives
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12/10/1985
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The U.S. National Archives
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