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Sailor holds the line to a fender while civilian curators gather gear as USS Constellation moves out of its berth into Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
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BALTIMORE, Md. (Oct. 13, 2014) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class John Lambert, assigned to Navy Operational Support Center Baltimore, holds the line to a fender while civilian curators gather gear as USS Constellation moves out of its berth into Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The ship is being moved to a shipyard for repairs. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Daryl Borgquist) File# 141013-N-SB147-126
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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