The US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) underway near Orote Point, which marks the entrance to Apra Harbor, Guam (GU). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is visiting Naval Base Guam (GU) for a scheduled port visit and is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism

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The US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) underway near Orote Point, which marks the entrance to Apra Harbor, Guam (GU). The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is visiting Naval Base Guam (GU) for a scheduled port visit and is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Orote Point

State: Guam (GU)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Allen Leonesio, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Carriers

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.