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Sailors assigned to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain Harbor Patrol Unit (HPU) maneuver harbor patrol craft in formation past the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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BAHRAIN (Apr. 19, 2016) Sailors assigned to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain Harbor Patrol Unit (HPU) maneuver harbor patrol craft in formation past the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The HPU provides anti-terrorism force protection, ship escort, and harbor patrol as part of maritime security operations. NSA Bahrain enables the forward operations and responsiveness of U.S. and allied forces in support of Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia's mission to provide services to the Fleet, Fighter, and Family. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Granger Jr.) File# 160419-N-YR391-005
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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