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Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Ralph Jones, from Detroit, Mich., fires a shot line to USNS Yukon (T AO 202)
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Aboard USS Kitty Hawk Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Ralph Jones, from Detroit, Mich., fires a shot line to USNS Yukon (T AO 202) at the start of a replenishment at sea (RAS) evolution. Shot lines are a means to send ropes across to other vessels to facilitate the transfer of supplies. Kitty Hawk is under way in the 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR). U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Jason T. Poplin. File# 031103-N-5821P-003
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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