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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 02, 2007) Sailors run as a MH-60S Knighthawk, attached to the "Chargers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, prepares to transfer cargo from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) during a vertical replenishment. Enterprise and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 are deployed in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Octavio N. Ortiz File# 071202-N-0916O-034
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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