Operations Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Call, from Morganton, N.C., stands watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment-at-sea.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 10, 2013) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Call, from Morganton, N.C., stands watch aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187). Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 are underway for a sustainment training exercise in preparation for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kole E. Carpenter) File# 130412-N-JC752-160
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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