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PERSIAN GULF (Jun. 23, 2008) Airman Katherine Romans, assigned to the "Bounty Hunters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, separates a cargo net from a pallet of supplies during a vertical replenishment between the Military Sealift Command the fast combat support ship USNS Rainer (T-AOE 7) and the Nimitz-class air-craft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Justin R. Blake File# 080623-N-5384B-326
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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