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An SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter airlifts ordnance from USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 14, 2010) An SH-60F Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Indians of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 6 airlifts ordnance from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) during an ammunition offload. Nimitz is scheduled to transfer more than 1,200 tons of ordnance during the offload. Nimitz is conducting blue water operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Orrin Batiste) File# 100914-N-1276B-016
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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