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Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st Class David Anderson is greeted by his wife upon returning from deployment aboard aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).
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NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 17, 2015) Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st Class David Anderson is greeted by his wife upon returning from deployment aboard aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Washington arrives at Naval Station Norfolk as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 following its forward deployment in Japan. Washington's arrival to Norfolk is part of a three-carrier swap with USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). After serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan, Washington proceeded to San Diego for a 10-day crew swap turnover with Ronald Reagan in August 2015. Washington then sailed around South America, participating in Southern Seas 2015 and UNITAS 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Clemente A. Lynch) File# 151215-N-YB023-081
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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