Sailors assigned to USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) pick trash out of a shrubbery in downtown Newport News, Va.

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Sailors assigned to USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) pick trash out of a shrubbery in downtown Newport News, Va.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jun. 19, 2009) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) pick trash out of a shrubbery in downtown Newport News, Va. More than 1,000 Sailors from the aircraft carrier took part in a "1,000 Points of Light Across Tidewater" event by volunteering in numerous community service projects across the Hampton Roads area. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeffrey M. Richardson) File# 090619-N-5574R-020

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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.