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MCPON Aboard Roosevelt, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
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At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) James Herdt, takes questions from members of the ships crew while visiting the ship on station. Theodore Roosevelt and her embarked air wing are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Photographers Mate Eric A. Clement File# 020115-N-1328C-515
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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