Rear Adm. Gregory M. Nosal, commander of Carrier Strike Group Two, walks through rainbow sideboys as he departs the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 27, 2012) Rear Adm. Gregory M. Nosal, commander of Carrier Strike Group Two, walks through rainbow sideboys as he departs the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian Read Castillo) File# 120127-N-XE109-012
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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