A commercial tug pushes on the bow of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) as it maneuvers the ship away from the pier. The INDEPENDENCE will travel to U.S. Naval Station, Yokosuka, Japan, to relieve the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) as the Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier

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A commercial tug pushes on the bow of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) as it maneuvers the ship away from the pier. The INDEPENDENCE will travel to U.S. Naval Station, Yokosuka, Japan, to relieve the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) as the Navy's forward-based aircraft carrier

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Air Station, North Island

State: California(CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 R. J. Oriez

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Carriers

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.