Large harbor tugs approach the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) in the Elizabeth River as it approaches a berth a Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The vessel will be overhauled following its 7-month deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

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Large harbor tugs approach the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) in the Elizabeth River as it approaches a berth a Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The vessel will be overhauled following its 7-month deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD

Base: Norfolk

State: Virginia(VA)

Country: United States Of America(USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Leo J. Latasiewicz

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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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28/05/1991
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The U.S. National Archives
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