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Sailors depart the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) after arriving on board Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.
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San Diego (Nov. 08, 2005) Sailors depart the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) after arriving on board Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. Nimitz and her carrier strike group returned to San Diego after their six-month Western Pacific and Persian Gulf deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Patricia R. Totemeier File# 051108-N-0050T-159
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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