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USS Detroit - CH-46, US Navy Photogrpah
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At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight (HC-8) attached to the fast combat support ship USS Detroit (AOE 4) assists in the turn over between USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) and the Roosevelt in the Red Sea. The two ships are conducting weapons transfer operations while turning over deployment responsibilities. Theodore Roosevelt is returning to her homeport of Norfolk, VA. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographers Mate Eric A. Clement. File# 020306-N-1328C-008
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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