Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) disembark at Naval Air Station North Island.

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Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) disembark at Naval Air Station North Island.

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SAN DIEGO (Apr. 12, 2010) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) disembark at Naval Air Station North Island. Carl Vinson conducted humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Haiti during Operation Unified Response and held partnership exercises with seven Latin American countries as part of Southern Seas 2010. The ship is completing a homeport change from Norfolk, Va. to San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen D. Doyle II) File# 100412-N-5226D-435

Carriers

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.