Officers stand at attention in formation in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a change of command ceremony.
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NORFOLK (May. 15, 2017) Officers stand at attention in formation in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a change of command ceremony. Abraham Lincoln's change of command comes after the successful completion of it's mid-life refueling and complex overhaul. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mark Logico) File# 170515-N-WP746-115
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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