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Pacific Ocean (Mar. 04, 2003) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Opoku Asare from Lemore, Calif. assigned to the Mighty Shrikes Strike Fighter Squadron Ninety Four (VFA-94) paints a ladder for an F/A-18 Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Timothy Sosa. File# 030304-N-1577S-002
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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