Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Bryan Que, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, performs a seven-day wash-up on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter.

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ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 12, 2010) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Bryan Que, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, performs a seven-day wash-up on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). HSC-12 is part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, which is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Spencer W. Mickler) File# 101112-N-8824M-043

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.