Shipyard workers use precision instruments to align The U.S. Navy Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) onto blocks in dry-dock 6 at Naval Station Shipyard, Puget Sound, Wash. The USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) will undergo repair and refurbishment as part of a dry-dock Planned Incremental Availability period. Sept. 8, 2006. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN James R. Evans) (Released)
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Base: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
State: Washington (WA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN James R. Evans, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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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.
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