he nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) sits moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as the sunsets, after arriving for a brief port visit.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Oct. 30, 2005) The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) sits moored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as the sunsets, after arriving for a brief port visit. Nimitz is returning to her homeport of San Diego after a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class Ryan C. McGinley File# 051030-N-3019M-006
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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