More than 200 guests attended the ceremony held in Kitty Hawk's hangar bay as Rear Adm. Richard Wren relieved Rear Adm. Douglas McClain.
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Yokosuka, Japan (Feb. 02, 2007) Sailors fire a 17-gun salute in honor of Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of North American Aerospace Defense and U.S. Northern Command, during a change of command ceremony for Commander Task Force 70 on board USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). More than 200 guests attended the ceremony held in Kitty Hawk's hangar bay as Rear Adm. Richard Wren relieved Rear Adm. Douglas McClain. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam York File# 070202-N-1332Y-143
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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