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A U.S. Navy Postal Clerk checks the weight of a customers outgoing mail in the Post Office aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
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At sea aboard USS Nimitz Postal Clerk 3rd Class Geraldine Hood from Shreveport, La., checks the weight of a customers outgoing mail in the Post Office. Nimitz is currently undergoing a Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of San Diego, Calif. A COMPTUEX is an exercise designed to forge a battle group into a cohesive fighting force. When successfully completed, the COMPTUEX qualifies the carrier battle group for open ocean operations. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Tiffini M. Jones. File# 030119-N-8273J-003
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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