Crew members from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) perform construction work on an orphans home as part of a civic action project
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Nassau
Country: Bahamas (BHS)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Swanson
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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Date
12/12/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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