An S-3A Viking aircraft prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66). In the foreground is an AS-3018A UHF satellite communications antenna
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Base: USS America (CV 66)
Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Fred J. Klinkenberger Jr.
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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