Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) bow their heads for the reading of the benediction during a burial at sea ceremony for Photographers Mate 1st Class Ronald David Avanzato.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jun. 05, 2014) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) bow their heads for the reading of the benediction during a burial at sea ceremony for Photographers Mate 1st Class Ronald David Avanzato. Avanzato served in the Navy for 20 years and retired from active duty on January 31, 1993. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony N. Hilkowski) File# 140605-N-ZF498-065
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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