Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, CHIEF of Naval Operations, talks to a flight captain prior to take-off in the A-6 Intruder aircraft that will take him to the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CVA 41) for a visit
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay
State: Luzon
Country: Philippines (PHL)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Kenneth Flemings
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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