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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jul. 18, 2008) An EA-6B Prowler, assigned to the "Shadowhawks" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 prepares to launch from a catapult during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder) File# 080718-N-7571S-001
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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