Aerial port side view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in drydock #11 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation undergoing an extensive overhaul. The maze of construction gear and equipment on the flight deck effectively camouflage the ship into the pier side area
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: James River
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar
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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