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A SH-60B Seahawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
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Indian Ocean (Jan. 09, 2005) A SH-60B Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the Saberhawks of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Seven (HSL-47), prepares to land on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Helicopters assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) and Sailors from Abraham Lincoln are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Patrick M. Bonafede File# 050109-N-1229B-062
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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