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US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) pose for a group photograph, in front of the 1293.4 meter summit marker of atop Mount Horobetsu during a Morale, Welfare and Recreation sponsored tour in Otaru, Japan (JPN). While in port, KITTY HAWK Sailors will have a chance to sightsee, shop, enjoy recreational activities and participate in community relation projects with the host nation. The USS KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the USN only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier
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Base: Otaru
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Benjamin N. Taylor, 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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