Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) place concrete around a fountain during a community service event. Nimitz is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility

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Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) place concrete around a fountain during a community service event. Nimitz is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility

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PHUKET, Thailand (May. 30, 2013) Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) place concrete around a fountain during a community service event. Nimitz is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kelly M. Agee) File# 130530-N-AZ866-235

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.