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Viking prepares to launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the ship�s flight deck
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At sea aboard USS Carl Vinson An S-3B Viking assigned to the "Screwbirds" of Sea Control Squadron Three Three (VS-33) prepares to launch from one of four steam driven catapults on the ships flight deck. Carl Vinson is underway in the Southern Pacific Ocean conducting training in preparation for their next regularly scheduled six-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Dustin Howell. File# 030125-N-3241H-005
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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