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Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Josh Adkins holds his daughter for the first time shortly after returning from an extended deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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EVERETT, Wash. (Dec. 16, 2013) Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Josh Adkins holds his daughter for the first time shortly after returning from an extended deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz concluded an extended deployment to the western Pacific, U.S. Central Command and U.S. European Command areas of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler) File# 131216-N-RG482-655
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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