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Seven ships of Battle Force Zulu steam in formation after the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. Leading the formation is the guided missile cruiser USS BUNKER HILL (CG-52); in the second rank, from left, are the guided missile cruiser USS LEYTE GULF (CG-55), the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) and USS RANGER (CV-61) and the guided missile cruiser USS NORMANDY (CG-60). Trailing behind are the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) and, at upper right, the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV-66)
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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM
Country: Northern Arabian Sea
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Galen L. Walker
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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