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S81E5943 - STS-081 - Survey views of the Flight deck for use in training film
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S81E5942 - STS-081 - Survey views of the Flight deck for use in training film
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Atlantic Ocean (Apr. 25, 2004) Airman Adam High, from Roanoke Rapids, N.C., hauls a motor whaleboat and the Captain's Gig, in the hangar bay aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65), using a specially designed tow tractor for use on Navy ships. These boats are used to transfer the ships Commanding Officer and crew from ship to shore. Enterprise is underway conducting Carrier Qualifications (CQ) in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Milosz Reterski. File# 040425-N-9742R-001
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.