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Sailors simulate firefighting procedures during an aircraft fire drill.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Jul. 21, 2012) Sailors from the air department aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) simulate firefighting procedures during an aircraft fire drill on the flight deck. George Washington, the Navy's only forward deployed aircraft carrier, departed Fleet Activities Yokosuka is on its 2012 patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephanie Smith) File# 120721-N-MH885-014
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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