Sailors cast off a bitt in preparation to heave in a mooring line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

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Sailors cast off a bitt in preparation to heave in a mooring line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).

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SAN DIEGO (Sep. 09, 2014) Sailors cast off a bitt in preparation to heave in a mooring line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway performing routine operations and training exercises. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric M. Butler) File# 140909-N-UV347-069

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.