Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) man the rails prior to getting underway from Naval Station Norfolk.
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Norfolk, Va. (May. 02, 2006) Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) man the rails prior to getting underway from Naval Station Norfolk. Nearly 7,000 Sailors from the Enterprise Carrier Strike group are deploying in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Maddelin Angebrand File# 060502-N-7544A-101
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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