An aviation boatswain's mate directs the T-45 Goshawk into launch position aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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Atlantic Ocean (Dec. 12, 2006) An aviation boatswain's mate directs the T-45 Goshawk into launch position aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is currently maintaining qualifications as part of the fleet response plan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sheldon Rowley File# 061213-N-5248R-002
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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