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Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) watch as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 18, 2009) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) watch as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 transfers cargo during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10). John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman) File# 090118-N-6538W-125
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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