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The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) departs after a replenishment at sea with the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 23, 2011) The Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) departs after a replenishment at sea with the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is en route to participate in Los Angeles Navy Week 2011. Navy Weeks are intended to show the investment Americans have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Steven Vasquez) File# 110723-N-AW168-047
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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