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GULF OF OMAN (Mar. 20, 2014) Pilots and air crewmen assigned to the "Dusty Dogs" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 board an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman, flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, is deployed to the U.S. 5th fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and supporting theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jamie Cosby) File# 140320-N-MV682-669

Carriers

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.