USS Seattle - unrep with USS Kennedy
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At sea aboard USS Seattle The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) pulls alongside the fast combat support ship in preparation for an underway replenishment. Both the Kennedy and Seattle are deployed on a regularly scheduled six month deployment operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call. File# 020422-N-5961C-003
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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