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Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Luisa Villanueva aligns the barrels on an M-61 A2 20mm gun in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).
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ARABIAN SEA (Apr. 07, 2009) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Luisa Villanueva aligns the barrels on an M-61 A2 20mm gun in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is underway on a scheduled deployment supporting the on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations and operate in international waters across the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Shonna Cunningham) File# 090407-N-0901C-033
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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