Sailors prepare for flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).

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Sailors prepare for flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).

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ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 11, 2016) Sailors prepare for flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dartez C. Williams) File# 160811-N-QN175-064

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.