An F/A-18 is seen through the heat waves created by its engines launching from the number one catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 04, 2012) An F/A-18 is seen through the heat waves created by its engines launching from the number one catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). USS George Washington is on a routine patrol in the western Pacific. (US Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Denver Applehans) File# 120904-N-EY938-013
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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