Airman Rachel V. Boismer, from Bryson City, N.C., paints an aircraft electrical service station (AESS) hatch

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Airman Rachel V. Boismer, from Bryson City, N.C., paints an aircraft electrical service station (AESS) hatch

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 15, 2014) Airman Rachel V. Boismer, from Bryson City, N.C., paints an aircraft electrical service station (AESS) hatch on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is undergoing a scheduled docking planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Richard G. Erickson) File# 140815-N-FR464-007

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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.