Sailors use a pulley crane to lower a jet engine in the jet shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Summary
PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 17, 2013) Sailors use a pulley crane to lower a jet engine in the jet shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting unit-level training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Giovanni Squadrito) File# 130417-N-DI878-103
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.
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