Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), (foreground), as it steams alongside the Aircraft Carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) on Oct. 31, 2006 in the Red Sea to begin its deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Rob Gaston) (Released)

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Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), (foreground), as it steams alongside the Aircraft Carrier USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) on Oct. 31, 2006 in the Red Sea to begin its deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Rob Gaston) (Released)

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Base: Red Sea

Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Rob Gaston, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
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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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31/10/2006
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