Rear Admiral Bernard J. Smith, Commander, Carrier Group Five (CVG-5) welcomes Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, CHIEF of Naval Operations, aboard the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) in the Gulf of Oman during Operation Southern Watch
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Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Edward Deloach
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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