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A Sailor practices firefighting during a general quarters drill in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 17, 2011) A Sailor practices firefighting during a general quarters drill in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise, which is designed to train Sailors assigned to the ship, embarked air wing and other units to function as an effective fighting force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Zachary S. Welch) File# 110917-N-KQ416-226
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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