Dental Technician 3rd Class Samuel L Maxey, of Houston, Texas takes an x-ray of Snoopy�s mouth.
Summary
At sea aboard USS Constellation Dental Technician 3rd Class Samuel L Maxey, of Houston, Texas takes an x-ray of Snoopys mouth. Snoopy was sent to the ship by Vice President Dick Cheney as part of Project Rememberence. Constellation is currently on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment, conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jamar X. Perry. File# 030101-N-3188P-003
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.