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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Apr. 26, 2008) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Austin Rentetra, assigned to the "Bear Aces" of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 124, gives a signal to the shooter that aircraft is safe to launch during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Suits File# 080426-N-2456S-267
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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