Sailors aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) take the 1st Class Petty Officer exam on the ship's mess decks
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San Diego, Calif. (Sep. 04, 2003) Sailors aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) take the 1st Class Petty Officer exam on the ship's mess decks. The Navy conducts advancement exams twice a year in March and September. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Mark J. Rebilas. File# 030904-N-6213R-021
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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