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USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) transits the Suez Canal
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At sea aboard USS John F. Kennedy The ships island passes under the Japan-Egypt Friendship Bridge as the Kennedy transits the Suez Canal. Kennedy and her embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) are arriving to relieve the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to conduct missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Jim Hampshire. File# 020304-N-6492H-533
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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