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Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead, receives a 19-gun salute aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a change of command ceremony.
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NORFOLK (Jul. 24, 2009) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead, receives a 19-gun salute aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a change of command ceremony aboard Harry S. Truman at Naval Station Norfolk. Adm. John C. Harvey, Jr. relieved Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert as Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces. Greenert's next assignment will be Vice Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daron Street) File# 090724-N-2844S-113
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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