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Persian Gulf (Dec. 01, 2004) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Aaron Kinnison assigned to the Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Five (VFA-105), gives the clear to launch signal just before an F/A-18C Hornet is launched from one of four steam-powered catapults on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). Truman's Carrier Strike Group Ten (CSG-10) and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are currently on a scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson File# 041201-N-5345W-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.