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Executive Officer of HS-5 Cmdr. Paul Esposito, stands by as his SH-60 Seahawk helicopter is prepared for flight.
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Atlantic Ocean (Dec. 02, 2005) Executive Officer of the "Night Dippers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Five (HS-5), Cmdr. Paul Esposito, stands by as his SH-60 Seahawk helicopter is prepared for flight aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower is currently underway conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Peter Carnicelli File# 051202-N-9641C-005
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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