The guided missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) sails out of Souda harbor in Crete, Greece, following a four-day port visit to Greece's largest island.
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Crete, Greece (Nov. 08, 2004) The guided missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) sails out of Souda harbor in Crete, Greece, following a four-day port visit to Greece's largest island. The Norfolk, Va.-based Monterey is part of Carrier Strike Group Ten (CSG-10), headed by USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), which is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley File# 041108-N-0780F-009
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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