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Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Donald C. Winter, poses for a photo with James Foote, an actor who portrays Theodore Roosevelt.

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NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 15, 2007) Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Donald C. Winter, poses for a photo with James Foote, an actor who portrays Theodore Roosevelt. Hundreds of guests gathered aboard aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a formal ceremony marking the centennial anniversary of the launching of the Great White Fleet. President Theodore Roosevelt sent 16 battleships and 14,000 Sailors on an around-the-world cruise to demonstrate the nation's emergence as a world power, Dec. 15, 1907. The ceremony was the first in a series of events to mark the landmark achievement. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird File# 071215-N-7241L-014

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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