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Sailors discuss a plan of attack for a class Bravo fire in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a general quarters fire drill.
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ARABIAN SEA (Apr. 16, 2015) Sailors discuss a plan of attack for a class Bravo fire in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a general quarters fire drill. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, are in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility returning to homeport after supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr.) File# 150416-N-TP834-202
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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