An aerial stern-on view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74) in dry dock #11 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation Shipyard. The STENNIS is undergoing an extensive post-shakedown maintenance and inspection which includes touching up the anti-fouling paint below the waterline

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An aerial stern-on view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN-74) in dry dock #11 at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation Shipyard. The STENNIS is undergoing an extensive post-shakedown maintenance and inspection which includes touching up the anti-fouling paint below the waterline

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: James River

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar (USN Ret)

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.