USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducts a replenishment at sea with USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) in the Atlantic Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean (Sep. 11, 2003) USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducts a replenishment at sea with USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) in the Atlantic Ocean. The Norfolk, Va. based nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Joan Kretschmer. File# 030911-N-6278K-002
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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