Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) relay procedures during a phase 3 firefighting drill.
Summary
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 27, 2017) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) relay procedures during a phase 3 firefighting drill. Theodore Roosevelt is underway off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anthony J. Rivera) File# 170627-N-XC372-110
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.