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Chief Aviation Electrician's Mate Jonathan Frederick is pinned by his son during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony held at Langley Air Force Base, Va.
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Hampton, Va. (Sep. 15, 2006) Chief Aviation Electrician's Mate Jonathan Frederick is pinned by his son during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony held at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Thirty-four Sailors assigned to USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) received their anchors during the ceremony, more than any other carrier in the Atlantic Fleet. Vinson is currently undergoing her scheduled refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. U.S. Navy photo by Crystal M. Vigil File# 060915-N-2198V-001
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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