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Lt. Dave Levy, assistant public affairs officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73)
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sep. 15, 2011) Lt. Dave Levy, assistant public affairs officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), speaks with Bishop Richard Spencer, a senior cleric of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, about flight deck operations. Spencer toured George Washington to meet with Sailors and deliver a Roman Catholic mass. George Washington is the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier and is the flagship of Commander, Task Force 70. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephanie Smith) File# 110915-N-MH885-021
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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