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C-2 Greyhound launches from CV 71
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At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt A C-2 Greyhound aircraft assigned to the "Rawhide" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Four Zero (VRC-40) launches from one of four steam-powered catapults on the ships flight deck. Roosevelt is operating in the Mediterranean Sea in support of U.S. interests and Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class James K. McNeil. File# 030214-N-6895M-504
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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