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US Navy 080926-N-9928E-126 Sailors lower ordnance in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)
Sailors scrub down the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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Sailors lower a rolling airframe missile on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
Sailors scrub down the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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Sailors move supplies around the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
Sailors install slot seals aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
Ships break off from formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
Sailors lower ordnance in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 26, 2008) Sailors lower ordnance in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during an ammunition on load between Stennis and the Military Sealift Command ammunition ship USNS Flint (T-AE 32). Stennis is transiting from Bremerton, Wash. to San Diego for fleet exercises, preparing for a deployment in early 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa) File# 080926-N-9928E-126
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.