A view of damage caused to three F-4 Phantom II aircraft and the optical landing system platform of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV 41) in a collision with the Panamanian freighter CACTUS
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Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay
State: Luzon
Country: Philippines (PHL)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
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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