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A Sailor aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) searches for potential threats during his watch in the Combat Direction Center (CDC).
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The Mediterranean Sea (Mar. 20, 2003) A Sailor aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) searches for potential threats during his watch in the Combat Direction Center (CDC), where the aircraft carrier monitors all surface and air contacts in the ship's vicinity. Truman is currently deployed and is conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class H. Dwain Willis. File# 030320-N-1058W-013
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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