A port bow view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) during its launching ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. To the left is a replica of the sailing ship "Godspeed"
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Newport News
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Stu Gilman
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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us national archives
Date
27/10/1984
in collections
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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