A Sailor waves to loved ones on the pier while manning the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departs Naval Air Station North Island for a three-week composite training unit exercise.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 30, 2010) A Sailor waves to loved ones on the pier while manning the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departs Naval Air Station North Island for a three-week composite training unit exercise followed by a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans) File# 101130-N-7981E-524
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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