Sailors man the rails of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the ship transits into Truman Bay following a four-month summer deployment.

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Sailors man the rails of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the ship transits into Truman Bay following a four-month summer deployment.

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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sep. 21, 2007) Sailors man the rails of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the ship transits into Truman Bay following a four-month summer deployment. The ship took part in three major exercises during the deployment: Exercise Talisman Saber, Valiant Shield and Malabar. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen W. Rowe File# 070921-N-6106R-036

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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.