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Waves crash between ships as the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1) transfers fuel and cargo to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during an underway replenishment.
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Pacific Ocean (Apr. 21, 2003) Waves crash between ships as the fast combat support ship USS Sacramento (AOE 1) transfers fuel and cargo to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during an underway replenishment. The ships are part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group participating in the military training exercise TANDEM THRUST 03 in the Marianas Island training area. The exercise will focus on crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Inez Lawson. File# 030421-N-7265L-011
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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