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The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) conducts an underway and vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 15, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) conducts an underway and vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5). GHWB took on four million pounds of live ammunition during the underway and vertical replenishment. GHWB is underway conducting training and completing qualifications in preparation for a 2017 deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Gaines) File# 160815-N-YL257-138
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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