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Flight deck control on board USS Harry S. Truman CVN 75
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Mediterranean Sea (Feb. 28, 2003) Aircraft Handler, Lt. Cmdr Richard D. Jones (right) directs flight deck control evolutions during night launch and recovery operations aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVW 75). Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW 3) are on deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U. S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Michael W. Pendergrass. File# 030228-N-3235P-503
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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