The Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Underway Replenishment Oiler USNS RAPPAHANNOCK (T-AO 204), conducts a Replenishment At Sea (RAS) with the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The NIMITZ is currently conducting Nuclear Power Mobile Training Team II (NPMTT II) exercises off the coast of Southern California

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The Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Underway Replenishment Oiler USNS RAPPAHANNOCK (T-AO 204), conducts a Replenishment At Sea (RAS) with the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The NIMITZ is currently conducting Nuclear Power Mobile Training Team II (NPMTT II) exercises off the coast of Southern California

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Roland Franklin, Usn

Release Status: Released to Public
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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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