Pilots aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), assemble on the bow of the ship as the sunsets on the western Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean (Oct. 23, 2004) Pilots aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), assemble on the bow of the ship as the sunsets on the western Pacific Ocean. The Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently deployed to the Western Pacific Ocean. Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9) is the first to be used in the Surge Role in support of the Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Response Plan (FRP). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jordon R. Beesley File# 041023-N-4166B-041
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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