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Lt. Scott Smalls of San Diego, Calif., fires a 9mm pistol during small arms qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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Pacific Ocean (Sep. 09, 2004) Lt. Scott Smalls of San Diego, Calif., fires a 9mm pistol during small arms qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Due to the heightened security and force protection policies, more personnel are required to obtain weapons qualifications. Nimitz is conducting sea trials off the coast of Southern California after completing a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) maintenance period. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Roland Franklin File# 040909-N-8158F-051
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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