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Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Lieutenants Shoji Ishikawa and Yasuhiko Matsushita plot the ship's courses in the Anti-Submarine Warfare Module.
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Pacific Ocean (Nov. 13, 2006) Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Lieutenants Shoji Ishikawa and Yasuhiko Matsushita plot the ship's courses in the Anti-Submarine Warfare Module aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during the U.S. and JMSDF exercise ANNUALEX. The exercise is designed to improve both forces' capabilities in the defense of Japan. About 8,500 U.S. Sailors are taking part aboard 13 ships, submarines and various shore-based aircraft. About 90 JMSDF ships and 130 aircraft are also participating. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Thomas J. Holt File# 061113-N-1960H-044
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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