Japanese dignitaries gaze at the catapult track onboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) during a tour conducted by the ships Public Affairs Officer (PAO), at Yokosuka Naval Base (NB), Japan (JPN)
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Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Adam York, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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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