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Lt. Gregg Peters, a Navy chaplain, speaks during suicide awareness training for Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 16, 2012) Lt. Gregg Peters, a Navy chaplain, speaks during suicide awareness training for Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is undergoing a planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard to refurbish shipboard systems and conduct maintenance. The U.S. Navy is reliable, flexible, and ready to respond worldwide on, above, and below the sea. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis) File# 121016-N-YZ751-008
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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