Sailor's aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), attempt to pull-in a small Tuna fish caught during a Fishing Call awarded to the crew by the ship�s Commanding Officer.
Summary
Pacific Ocean (Dec. 13, 2004) Sailor's aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67), attempt to pull-in a small Tuna fish caught during a "Fishing Call" awarded to the crew by the ships Commanding Officer. Shiloh is currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean with the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Benjamin Glass File# 041213-N-5376G-312
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.