The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) is underway with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis during a replenishment at sea.
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INDIAN OCEAN (Sep. 11, 2011) The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) is underway with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a replenishment at sea. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to thew western Pacific Ocean and the Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate) File# 110911-N-OY799-280
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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