U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 3rd Class Scott Ring, Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class uses an air hammer to remove tiles from the U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) will undergo repair and refurbishment as part of a Planned Incremental Availability period at Naval Station Shipyard, Puget Sound, Wash. Sept. 20, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN James R. Evans) (Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
State: Washington (WA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN James R. Evans, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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.