U.S. Navy Sailors from the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) experience local food and culture during their three-day port visit at Limassol, Cyprus, on Oct. 27, 2006. EISENHOWER is currently deployed in support of maritime security operations in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Clarence McCloud) (Released)
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Base: Limassol
Country: Cyprus (CYP)
Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Clarence Mccloud, 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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