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(Nov. 21, 1997) On board the destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) operating in the Northern Persian Gulf. . . .Gunner's Mate (Guns) 1st Class Joe Brown, from Arlington, Texas, mans a 25mm chain gun while on watch in the Persian Gulf. The ship, home ported in San Diego, California , is currently deployed with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) battle group under the U.S. Navys Fifth Fleet. Benfold is currently conducting Multinational Maritime Interception Operations as part of the UN sanctions against Iraq. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Rebecca Kearns File# 971121-N-1434K-003
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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