Michigan State University basketball players practice on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
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SAN DIEGO (Nov. 11, 2011) Michigan State University basketball players practice on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is hosting the Spartans and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels for the inaugural Quicken Loans Carrier Classic basketball game on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dylan McCord) File# 111111-N-SB672-035
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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