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Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) load jugs of purified water onto a SH-60B Seahawk before it heads to coastal villages on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Indian Ocean (Jan. 11, 2005) Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) load jugs of purified water onto a SH-60B Seahawk, assigned to the Saberhawks of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Seven (HSL-47), before it heads to coastal villages on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Helicopters assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) and Sailors from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are supporting Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Ronald A. Dallatorre File# 050111-N-9079D-070
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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