A Sikorsky H-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Nightdippers of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 5 arrives at U.S. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay.
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SOUDA BAY, Greece (Mar. 14, 2013) A Sikorsky H-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Nightdippers of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 5 arrives at U.S. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay. HS-5 is attached to Carrier Air Wing 7, embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley) File# 130314-N-MO201-084
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.