President Bush on board Enterprise

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President Bush on board Enterprise

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Norfolk, Va. (Dec. 07, 2001) President George W. Bush delivers a speech commemorating the 60th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor to a group of Pearl Harbor survivors and sailors of the Atlantic Fleet on the flight deck aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65). U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class William R. Crosby. File# 011207-N-0063C-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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07/12/2001 - 07/12/2001
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Norfolk, Va.
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U.S. NAVY
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