A burst of flames spews from the barrels of an M2 .50 caliber machine gun mounted on the fantail aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) on Jan. 17, 2007, during a U.S. Navy security team weapons qualification somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson) (Released)

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A burst of flames spews from the barrels of an M2 .50 caliber machine gun mounted on the fantail aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) on Jan. 17, 2007, during a U.S. Navy security team weapons qualification somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson) (Released)

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Kristopher Wilson, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Carriers

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.