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Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Shantell Robinson monitors arresting gear pressure gauges.
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Pacific Ocean (Oct. 26, 2005) Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Shantell Robinson monitors arresting gear pressure gauges aboard the conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk's arresting gears control the recovery of aircraft landing on the flight deck, bringing them to a halt within 120 feet. While at sea, Kitty Hawk and Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG-5) will participate in an annual exercise with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Benjamin Dennis File# 051026-N-9389D-062
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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