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Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West speaks with Sailors from the Electronic Attack Squadron 141 (VAQ-141), the
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OAK HARBOR, Wash. Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West speaks with Sailors from the Electronic Attack Squadron 141 (VAQ-141), the "Shadowhawks," during his tour of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The Sailors had just returned from a deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). West is on a four-day visit to the Northwest region to visit the Naval bases and meet with the Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos) File# 090430-N-9818V-155
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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