A port bow view of the replenishment oiler USS ROANOKE (AOR-7) participating in an underway replenishment operation with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). The Australian frigate HMAS DARWIN (F-04) is on the starboard side of the ROANOKE
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Country: Northern Pacific
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Galaviz
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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Date
17/06/1986
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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