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A deckhand from the Lady Washington educates chief petty officer selectees.
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BROWNSVILLE, Wash. (Aug. 28, 2008) A deckhand from the Lady Washington educates chief petty officer selectees from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) about how Sailors sailed the 90-ton merchant vessel during the 18th century. The original Lady Washington was the first American vessel to visit Hawaii, Hong Kong and Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathen E. Davis) File# 080828-N-1531D-033
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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