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Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Melissa Baker, a landing signal enlisted, prepares to launch an HH-60H Seahawk.
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PERSIAN GULF (Nov. 05, 2007) Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Melissa Baker, a landing signal enlisted, prepares to launch an HH-60H Seahawk, attached to the "Dragonslayers" of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HS) 11, off the flight deck of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 are underway on a scheduled deployment in support of maritime operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kiona M. Mckissack File# 071105-N-8132M-131
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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