U.S. Navy Sailors from the Supply Department move pallets of food and stores in the hangar bay aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) during a replenishment at sea (RAS) operation in the Indian Ocean on Aug. 26, 2006. RAS is a method of transferring fuel, munitions and stores from ship to another while underway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick L. Heil) (Released)
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Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Patrick L. Heil, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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26/08/2006
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