Sailors fire M-16 assault rifles with the M-203 attachment during a weapons qualification aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

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Sailors fire M-16 assault rifles with the M-203 attachment during a weapons qualification aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 05, 2011) Sailors fire M-16 assault rifles with the M-203 attachment during a weapons qualification aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled western Pacific Ocean and Arabian Gulf deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman) File# 110805-N-ZZ999-064

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.