U.S. GUNNER's Mate 2nd Class Antony Carter, directly behind the M2 .50 caliber machine gun, and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Fullmer (right) search for a target aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) on Jan. 17, 2007, during a live-fire training exercise aboard the aircraft carrier somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Ron Reeves) (Released)

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U.S. GUNNER's Mate 2nd Class Antony Carter, directly behind the M2 .50 caliber machine gun, and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Fullmer (right) search for a target aboard the Nimitz Class Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) on Jan. 17, 2007, during a live-fire training exercise aboard the aircraft carrier somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Ron Reeves) (Released)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Ron Reeves, 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.