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USS Kitty Hawk Sailors (CV 63) hold onto lifelines as a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) is lifted from the water after participating in a small boat in distress and rescue drill.
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South China Sea (Aug. 29, 2006) USS Kitty Hawk Sailors (CV 63) hold onto lifelines as a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) is lifted from the water after participating in a small boat in distress and rescue drill. RHIBs are used to transport Sailors to other vessels in an effort to fight fires, stop flooding and help crewmembers and passengers. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua Wayne LeGrand
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South China Sea (Aug. 29, 2006) - USS Kitty Hawk Sailors (CV 63) hold onto lifelines as a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) is lifted from the water after participating in a small boat in distress and rescue drill. RHIBs are used to transport Sailors to other vessels in an effort to fight fires, stop flooding and help crewmembers and passengers. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua Wayne LeGrand File# 060829-N-8604L-065
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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