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Capt. Daniel Grieco, left, the prospective commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), salutes Capt. William Hart the outgoing commanding officer of Theodore Roosevelt.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Feb. 28, 2013) Capt. Daniel Grieco, left, the prospective commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), salutes Capt. William Hart the outgoing commanding officer of Theodore Roosevelt, in front of Rear Adm. Ted Carter, commander of Carrier Strike Group 12 (CCSG) 12, during a change of command ceremony in the ship's hangar bay. Theodore Roosevelt is completing its final year of refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding and is on track to rejoin the operational fleet later this summer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian G. Reynolds) File# 130228-N-ED185-198
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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