Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Eric Benson plots the position of U.S. Coast Guard cutter Wrangle in relation to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the ship's Anti-Submarine Warfare Module.
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Persian Gulf (Dec. 28, 2004) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Eric Benson plots the position of U.S. Coast Guard cutter Wrangle in relation to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the ship's Anti-Submarine Warfare Module. Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions over Iraq. Truman Carrier Strike Group and CVW-3 are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by photographer's Mate Airman Philip V. Morrill File# 041228-N-6363M-007
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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