A tugboat pulls away after bringing the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) clear of the pier at Naval Station Norfolk.

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A tugboat pulls away after bringing the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) clear of the pier at Naval Station Norfolk.

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NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 07, 2008) A tugboat pulls away after bringing the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) clear of the pier at Naval Station Norfolk. George Washington departed Norfolk en route to Yokosuka, Japan, where it will replace USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Melissa Robertson-Leake File# 080407-N-0981R-071

Carriers

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.