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U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) render honors to Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Dr. Delores M. Etter, following her visit. CARL VINSON is currently undergoing its scheduled refueling complex overhaul at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard at Newport News, Va. on Jan. 26, 2007. (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Myriam M. Padilla) (Released)
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Base: Newport News
State: Virginia (VA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70)
Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Myriam M. Padilla, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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