Starboard side view of the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) departing Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), heading for her new homeport at Bremerton, Washington (WA). The STENNIS and its crew of over 2,500 Sailors and their families are moving as part of the regular rotation of carriers throughout the fleet. San Diego was the home for the STENNIS and her crewmembers for six years

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Starboard side view of the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) departing Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), heading for her new homeport at Bremerton, Washington (WA). The STENNIS and its crew of over 2,500 Sailors and their families are moving as part of the regular rotation of carriers throughout the fleet. San Diego was the home for the STENNIS and her crewmembers for six years

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Air Station, North Island

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Patricia R. Totemeier, 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.