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Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) man the rails.
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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Jun. 27, 2018) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) man the rails as the ship comes alongside fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO 198) for an underway replenishment. Arleigh Burke is currently deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. With the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as the flagship, deployed strike group units include staffs, ships, and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group Eight (CSG 8), Destroyer Squadron Two Eight (DESRON 28) and Carrier Air Wing One (CVW 1); as well as Sachsen-class German Frigate FGS Hessen (F 221). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Raymond Maddocks) File# 180627-N-IC246-0013
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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