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A Sailor uses a welder to repair a flight deck drain pan.
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Mar. 28, 2012) Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Christopher Sanders, from Anory, Miss., uses a welder to repair a flight deck drain pan aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington returned to her forward-operating port of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, November 22, after navigating more than 50,000 nautical miles across the western Pacific to operate with more than a dozen different nations during her nine-week patrol. George Washington is the Navy's only full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier ensuring security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Marcos Vazquez) File# 120328-N-NG906-008
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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