Sailors assess and treat simulated patients during a mass casualty drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
Summary
EVERETT, Wash. (Jan. 11, 2013) Sailors assess and treat simulated patients during a mass casualty drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The drill is part of the ship's ongoing efforts to stay mission ready. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robert Winn) File# 130111-N-HN953-044
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.