Similar
Related
Flight deck personnel aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) remove wheel chocks and tie-down chains during the launch of a HH-65A Dolphin search and rescue helicopter
Summary
Arabian Gulf (Feb. 26, 2003) Flight deck personnel aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) remove wheel chocks and tie-down chains during the launch of a HH-65A Dolphin search and rescue helicopter, assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter USCGC Boutwell (WHEC 719) on the ships flight deck. Boutwell is forward deployed, conducting Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) in the Persian Gulf in support of UN sanctions on Iraq. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Richard Moore. File# 030226-N-4655M-004
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.
Tags
Date
Location
Source
Copyright info
