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USS Kennedy - LCDR Blaschum memorial service
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At sea aboard USS John F. Kennedy Ships company and air wing personnel bid farewell to Lt. Cmdr. Christopher M. "Basher" Blaschum, during a memorial service held in the ships hangar bay in his honor. Lt. Cmdr. Blaschum died when his F-14 crashed shortly after take-off during training operations in the Mediterranean. Blaschum was a pilot assigned to Fighter Squadron One Four Three (VF-143) based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Joshua Karsten. File# 020306-N-8704K-001
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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