A catapult crewman checks the catapult connections on an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft prior to launching during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV 43)
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Base: USS Coral Sea (CV 43)
Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Rory Knepp
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.
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