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USS Bunker Hill pulls away after taking on fuel in heavy seas.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 24, 2011) The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) pulls away from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) after taking on fuel in heavy seas during a refueling at sea. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway on a western Pacific deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans) File# 111224-N-DR144-439
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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