Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Marcus Rideout, left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Abraham Lopez stand watch in the catapult one engine room.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 21, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Marcus Rideout, left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Abraham Lopez stand watch in the catapult one engine room aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick Heil) File# 090121-N-3946H-122
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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