An urn bearer walks past the color guard aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

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An urn bearer walks past the color guard aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 01, 2011) An urn bearer walks past the color guard aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a burial at sea. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled western Pacific Ocean and Arabian Gulf deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman) File# 110801-N-ZZ999-124

Carriers

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.