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USS Washington - C-2A Greyhound
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At sea aboard USS George Washington Sailors direct a C-2A "Greyhound" from Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Four Zero (VRC-40) onto one of the carrier's flight deck catapults. The Washington, based in Norfolk, VA, is conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jason Zalasky. File# 020204-N-1082Z-006
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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