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Capt. C.L. Wheeler, left, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), presents Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a National Ensign which was flown over the ship and a certificate certifying that the flag was flown.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 01, 2008) Capt. C.L. Wheeler, left, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), presents Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a National Ensign which was flown over the ship and a certificate certifying that the flag was flown. Earnhardt visited the ship to thank Sailors for their service. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and embarked airwing are conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Suits File# 080501-N-2456S-133
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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