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Sailors sign a guest book in front of an I-beam from the World Trade Center during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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BREMERTON, Wash. (Sep. 09, 2011) Sailors sign a guest book in front of an I-beam from the World Trade Center during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Sailors gathered in the forecastle to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The World Trade Center I-beam is one of three donated to the U.S. military by the citizens of Breezy Point, New York. Nimitz is conducting a yearlong docking planned incremental availability for major upgrades to its combat, self-defense, navigation, potable water systems and other components. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nichelle N. Whitfield) File# 110909-N-BS576-033
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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