CNO speaks with Sailors.. Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
Summary
Atlantic Sea (Jan. 12, 2012) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert speaks with a Sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Greenert was joined by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West to meet the ship's crew during the last work-up before Enterprise's final deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle P. Malloy) File# 120112-N-YQ566-319
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.