The U.S. Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) prepares to transfer fuel to the Spruance Class Destroyer USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968), as a CH-46 Sea Knight from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8) delivers ordnance to Washingtons flight deck during a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) in the Western Atlantic Ocean, January 29, 1996. USS George Washington Battle Group is commanded by RADM Henry Giffen and is currently enroute to the Mediterranean Sea for a scheduled six-month deployment. While there, they will patrol the waters of the Adriatic Sea in support of the NATO peace keeping mission, Operation Joint Endeavor
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: PHOTO Mate James Vidrine
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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