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Fire Controlmen prepare to load a RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow missile into a launcher cell aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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Atlantic Ocean (Jul. 27, 2005) Fire Controlmen prepare to load a RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow missile into a launcher cell aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a medium-range, rapid-reaction, missile weapon system that provides the capability of destroying hostile aircraft, anti-ship missiles and surface missile platforms. Roosevelt is currently underway conducting preparations for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Stephen Early File# 050727-N-6484E-001
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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