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Seaman Francis Deguzman from Toms River, N.J., signals that all lines have been detached following a replenishment at sea .
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Coral Sea (Jun. 17, 2005) Seaman Francis Deguzman from Toms River, N.J., signals that all lines have been detached following a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the conventionally-powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) auxiliary oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200). Kitty Hawk is currently operating off the coast of Australia's Queensland region as part of exercise Talisman Sabre 2005. Talisman Sabre is an exercise jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Command, and designed to train the U.S. 7th Fleet commander's staff and Australian Joint Operations staff as a designated Combined Task Force (CTF) headquarters. The exercise focuses on crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. U.S. Pacific Command units and Australian forces will conduct land, sea and air training throughout the training area. More than 11,000 U.S. and 6,000 Australian personnel will participate. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Adam York File# 050617-N-1332Y-081
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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