The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), left, performs tactical maneuvering exercises with the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52).

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), left, performs tactical maneuvering exercises with the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52).

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 01, 2010) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), left, performs tactical maneuvering exercises with the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway conducting local operations off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ashley Van Dien) File# 100901-N-0808V-065

Carriers

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.