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F/A-18C launching from the ship�s flight deck on one of four steam driven catapults
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At sea with USS Kitty Hawk A shooter watches as an F/A-18C Hornet streaks by, launching from the ships flight deck on one of four steam driven catapults. Kitty Hawk is the Navys only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Todd Frantom. File# 030125-N-1810F-004
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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