Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) stand forward security watch on the ship's bow while transiting the Straight of Messina.

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Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) stand forward security watch on the ship's bow while transiting the Straight of Messina.

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Jun. 14, 2011) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) stand forward security watch on the ship's bow while transiting the Straight of Messina. George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Leonard H. Adams Jr.) File# 110614-N-VA840-091

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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