Commanding Officer, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Capt. James Gigliotti, speaks to local media after returning to Naval Station Norfolk from areas off the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Commanding Officer, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Capt. James Gigliotti, speaks to local media after returning to Naval Station Norfolk from areas off the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Norfolk, Va. (Sep. 23, 2005) Commanding Officer, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Capt. James Gigliotti, speaks to local media after returning to Naval Station Norfolk from areas off the U.S. Gulf Coast in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) relief operations associated with Hurricane Katrina. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Gregory A. Roberts File# 050923-N-3725R-052

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.