Aboard USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), US Navy Captain Thomas G. Otterbein addresses the crew and guests during the change of command of the navy's newest nuclear aircraft carrier. CAPT Otterbein, Truman's first Commanding Officer, was relieved by US Navy Captain David L. Logsdon during Truman's first change of Command ceremony held on November 19, 1999, at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia

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Aboard USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), US Navy Captain Thomas G. Otterbein addresses the crew and guests during the change of command of the navy's newest nuclear aircraft carrier. CAPT Otterbein, Truman's first Commanding Officer, was relieved by US Navy Captain David L. Logsdon during Truman's first change of Command ceremony held on November 19, 1999, at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia

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Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Anthony Koch, 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.