Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Leon Panetta speaks with Capt. William C. Hamilton Jr., commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), on the bridge.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 21, 2012) Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Leon Panetta speaks with Capt. William C. Hamilton Jr., commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), on the bridge. Enterprise is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise while preparing for its 22nd and final deployment. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael L. Croft, Jr.) File# 120121-N-NC372-337
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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