Sailors prepare to raise an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Garudas of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

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Sailors prepare to raise an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Garudas of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

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ARABIAN GULF (Jul. 08, 2014) Sailors prepare to raise an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Garudas of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lorelei Vander Griend) File# 140708-N-MU440-019

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.