Sailor monitors ships aboard USS Carl Vinson.
photo by Official U.S. Navy Imagery on Flickr
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 16, 2011) Chief Operations Specialist Cynthia Matta-Spriggs, assigned to the operations department, monitors surface contacts aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Nicolas C. Lopez/Released)
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The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is the third United States Navy Nimitz class supercarrier and is named after Carl Vinson, a Congressman from Georgia. Carl Vinson's callsign is "Gold Eagle". It played host to the first NCAA basketball game on an aircraft carrier on 11/11/11 between the University of North Carolina and Michigan State University. The body of Osama bin Laden was disposed of from the deck of the Carl Vinson.
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