Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) return to Naval Station Norfolk after the longest deployment by a carrier strike group since 2003.
Summary
NORFOLK, Va. (May. 23, 2007) Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) return to Naval Station Norfolk after the longest deployment by a carrier strike group since 2003. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group deployed Oct. 3, 2006, to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility to support ongoing operations including efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and maritime operations in the region. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird File# 070523-N-7241L-166
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.