Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) heave around on a line on the ship's fantail as the ship gets underway.
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SAN DIEGO (Oct. 14, 2016) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) heave around on a line on the ship's fantail as the ship gets underway. Nimitz is underway to complete flight deck certification and carrier qualifications fo an upcoming 2017 deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by 3rd Class Petty Officer Samuel Bacon) File# 161014-N-DA275-036
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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