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Navy Ship CVA 63 Kitty Hawk - Public domain photogrpaph

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Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels

Public domain image of an American navy ship during cold war, 1940s, 1950s, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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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1952 - 1970
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The U.S. National Archives
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