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The guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) and the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) participate in an international formation.
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Mar. 24, 2012) The guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69), left, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter (F 804), the German navy frigate FGS Rheinland-Pfalz (F 209) and the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) transit in formation during a passing exercise. Enterprise is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Randy J. Savarese) File# 120324-N-JV638-323
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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