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US Navy (USN) Sailors "man the rails" aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) as she passes the Battleship MISSOURI (BB 63) Memorial on her arrival at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In the foreground is an F/A-18 Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115), Eagles, Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), and S-3B Vikings, Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), Blue Wolves, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), CA. The STENNIS and Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are taking part in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest interional maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Sailors "man the rails" aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) as she passes the Battleship MISSOURI (BB 63) Memorial on her arrival at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In the foreground is an F/A-18 Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115), Eagles, Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), and S-3B Vikings, Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), Blue Wolves, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), CA. The STENNIS and Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are taking part in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC enhances the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region.
Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 2004
Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: USS John C Stennis
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Mark J. Rebilas, 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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