Fire Controlmen load ammunition into a Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) on the fantail aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).

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Fire Controlmen load ammunition into a Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) on the fantail aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).

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Atlantic Ocean (Jan. 22, 2004) Fire Controlmen load ammunition into a Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) on the fantail aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). CWIS is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20-millimeter gun system that provides U.S. Navy ships with a terminal defense against anti-ship missiles that have penetrated other fleet defenses. The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier recently departed on a regularly scheduled deployment. U. S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Jessica Davis. File# 040122-N-3986D-002

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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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