Petty Officer 3rd Class Savannah Mendez, from Los Angeles, performs preventative maintenance on a weapons elevator in USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) hangar bay.
Summary
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 04, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Savannah Mendez, from Los Angeles, performs preventative maintenance on a weapons elevator in USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) hangar bay. John C. Stennis is underway conducting proficiency and sustainment training. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Alexander P. Akre) File# 161004-N-EN247-039
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.