A view from the island looking aft of the wake produced by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) during high-speed evasive maneuvers
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Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.)
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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