Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) stand by as the starboard anchor free falls from the forecastle.
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Atlantic Ocean (May. 23, 2005) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) stand by as the starboard anchor free falls from the forecastle. Eisenhower is currently underway conducting routine carrier operations with embarked Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Christopher B. Long File# 050523-N-7359L-001
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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