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Newly pinned chief petty officers stand in formation during their promotion ceremony aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sep. 21, 2007) Newly pinned chief petty officers stand in formation during their promotion ceremony aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Twenty-nine Sailors from Kitty Hawk, Destroyer Squadron 15, and Task Force 70 were advanced to chief petty officer at a pinning ceremony that coincided with Kitty Hawk's arrival home following a 121-day underway period. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jimmy C. Pan File# 070921-N-3136P-094
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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