Ships from the United States and Canada navigate into formation positions around the US Navy () Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) while underway in the Pacific Ocean during a multi-national photo portrait. Surrounding the STENNIS are: (left clockwise) Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate USS FORD (FFG 54); Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57); Sacramento Class Fast Combat Support S RAINIER (AOE 7); US Coast Guard (USCG) Hamilton Class High Endurance Coast Guard Cutter USCGC RUSH (WHEC 723); Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Protecteur Class Auxiliary Oil Replenishment Her Majestys Canadian Ship (HMCS) PROTECTEUR (AOR 509);...

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Ships from the United States and Canada navigate into formation positions around the US Navy () Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) while underway in the Pacific Ocean during a multi-national photo portrait. Surrounding the STENNIS are: (left clockwise) Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate USS FORD (FFG 54); Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57); Sacramento Class Fast Combat Support S RAINIER (AOE 7); US Coast Guard (USCG) Hamilton Class High Endurance Coast Guard Cutter USCGC RUSH (WHEC 723); Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Protecteur Class Auxiliary Oil Replenishment Her Majestys Canadian Ship (HMCS) PROTECTEUR (AOR 509);...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Ships from the United States and Canada navigate into formation positions around the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) while underway in the Pacific Ocean during a multi-national photo portrait. Surrounding the STENNIS are: (left clockwise) USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate USS FORD (FFG 54); USN Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57); USN Sacramento Class Fast Combat Support USNS RAINIER (AOE 7); US Coast Guard (USCG) Hamilton Class High Endurance Coast Guard Cutter USCGC RUSH (WHEC 723); Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Protecteur Class Auxiliary Oil Replenishment Her Majestys Canadian Ship (HMCS) PROTECTEUR (AOR 509); USN Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG 53); and the RCN Iroquois Class Destroyer HMCS ALGONQUIN (DDG 283).

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jayme Pastoric, Usn

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Carriers

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.