Friends and family of Sailors assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 wait on the pier as the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) pulls into Mayport.
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MAYPORT, Fla. (Jun. 01, 2008) Friends and family of Sailors assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 wait on the pier as the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) pulls into Mayport. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are in Mayport off-loading a small portion of CVW-3 and picking up tiger cruise riders, preparing for their return to homeport after a seven-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Operations Specialist 3rd Class Kevin T. Murray, Jr. File# 080601-N-8923M-072
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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