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Sailors man the rails aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
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San Diego, CA (Jul. 24, 2002) Sailors man the rails aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) after a recent port call to San Diego, CA. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Lewis Hunsaker. File# 020724-N-8497H-007
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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