Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conduct a Battle of Leyte Gulf Commemoration Ceremony on the fantail in the Surigao Strait.
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SURIGAO STRAIT (Jul. 03, 2017) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conduct a Battle of Leyte Gulf commemoration ceremony on the fantail in the Surigao Strait. Nimitz is on deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cole Schroeder) File# 170703-N-JH929-066
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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