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n MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the Providers of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC-5), Detachment 3, transfers stores
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Indian Ocean (Jan. 18, 2005) An MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the Providers of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC-5), Detachment 3, transfers stores from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3) during a vertical replenishment with USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Niagara Falls, currently operating as part of the 7th Fleet Logistics Force (CTF 73), is performing a vital role as relief efforts continue by delivering provisions, stores, and supplies to Navy ships along with humanitarian aid shipments in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class Paul Scherman File# 050109-N-3372S-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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