The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) gets underway at Naval Station Norfolk
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NORFOLK (Oct. 05, 2011) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) gets underway at Naval Station Norfolk. Eisenhower will be participating in training exercises. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathanael Miller) File# 111005-N-YX169-054
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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