Quartermaster 3rd Class Joseph Sexton calculates the position of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) using a Polaris.

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Quartermaster 3rd Class Joseph Sexton calculates the position of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) using a Polaris.

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 03, 2008) Quartermaster 3rd Class Joseph Sexton calculates the position of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) using a Polaris. The Polaris is a telescopic lens with a compass, which is lined up with three different landmarks in order to triangulate the ship's location at sea. Kitty Hawk operates from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John J. Mike File# 080303-N-6984M-007

Carriers

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.