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Photographer�s Mate Airman Jacob Kirshows his portfolio to his father during the Walter L. Richardson Photographer of the Year awards held on board Naval Station Everett, Wash.
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Naval Station Everett, Wash. (Oct. 27, 2004) Photographers Mate Airman Jacob Kirk, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), shows his portfolio to his father during the Walter L. Richardson Photographer of the Year awards held on board Naval Station Everett, Wash. Airman Kirk won first place as Photographer of the Year by the National Association of Naval Photography Pacific Northwest Chapter. Civilian photographers Art Wolf, Grant Haller, Dean Sevigny, John Pieroth, Terry Lang, Alehandro Tomas and Brian Kelly judged portfolios. Leading camera and Photography manufacturers showed their appreciation to Navy photographers by sponsoring the awards for the event. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin File# 041027-N-6477M-072
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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