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An aircrew member assigned to the Tridents of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Three (HS-3) watches as his helicopter prepares to take off.
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Persian Gulf (Jan. 16, 2006) An aircrew member assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Three (HS-3) watches as his helicopter prepares to take off from flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment conducting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Matthew Bash File# 060116-N-4154B-183
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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