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Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Fred Sanico, 20, of the Philippines, lubricates the boarding platform of a Electronic Attack Squadron 136 EA-6B Prowler on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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PHILIPPINE SEA (May. 10, 2008) Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Fred Sanico, 20, of the Philippines, lubricates the boarding platform of a Electronic Attack Squadron 136 EA-6B Prowler on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Kitty Hawk and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 are on a spring deployment -- the ship's last before being replaced by USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Anthony R. Martinez File# 080510-N-1038M-043
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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