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Families and friends wait in the rain on the pier at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
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Norfolk, Va. (May. 23, 2003) Families and friends wait in the rain on the pier at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., ready to welcome the crew of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on a safe return to their homeport. Harry S. Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are returning from a six-month deployment in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Patrick M. Keane. File# 030523-N-6268K-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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