Rear Adm. Bret Batchelder, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8, delivers remarks during the CSG 8 change of command ceremony in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

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Rear Adm. Bret Batchelder, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8, delivers remarks during the CSG 8 change of command ceremony in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

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NORFOLK (Jul. 22, 2016) Rear Adm. Bret Batchelder, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8, delivers remarks during the CSG 8 change of command ceremony in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman recently returned to its homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, completing an 8-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jordan Twiss) File# 160722-N-UU859-078

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.