Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Ronnie Josey jokingly gives the "ready for launch" signal after placing the catapult officer's boots on the No.1 catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) during the ship's final day at sea. Traditionally, a catapult officer's boots are launched at the end of his tour aboard and aircraft carrier. The MIDWAY will be decommissioned in the spring of 1992

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Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Ronnie Josey jokingly gives the "ready for launch" signal after placing the catapult officer's boots on the No.1 catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) during the ship's final day at sea. Traditionally, a catapult officer's boots are launched at the end of his tour aboard and aircraft carrier. The MIDWAY will be decommissioned in the spring of 1992

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Country: Pacific Ocean(POC)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 R. J. Oriez, 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.