The US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) enters Pearl Harbor for a scheduled port visit to Hawaii (HI). The NIMITZ is deploying in support of the global war on terrorism
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pearl Harbor
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: Pearl Harbor
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dennis C. Cantrell, USN
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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