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Sailors commit to the sea the body of Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Nathan Taylor during a Burial at Sea.
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Atlantic Ocean (May. 19, 2004) Sailors commit to the sea the body of Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Nathan Taylor during a Burial at Sea ceremony conducted from the edge of one of the ship's aircraft elevators aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is currently underway conducting Carrier Qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. For more information on the burial at sea program visit the Navy's web site at: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/questions/burial.html. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Rob Gaston File# 040519-N-0119G-002
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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