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Ordnance handlers move and secure weapons in the ship�s 'bomb farm'
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At sea aboard USS Constellation Ordnance handlers move and secure weapons in the ships 'bomb farm' during a weapons on load. Constellation and its embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), recently departed its homeport of San Diego Calif., on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Casey D. Tweedell. File# 021104-N-2864T-001
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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