Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Aristile Guidry works on the rotor of an SH-60F Seahawk.
Summary
Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 10, 2003) Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Aristile Guidry works on the rotor of an SH-60F Seahawk assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Three (HS-3). HS-3 is part of Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) embarked aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), which is currently operating in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Matthew Bash File# 030210-N-4154B-501
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.