The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) sits pierside after pulling into Naval Base Guam. Carl Vinson Strike Group is currently operating in the Pacific as part of a regularly scheduled deployment.

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) sits pierside after pulling into Naval Base Guam. Carl Vinson Strike Group is currently operating in the Pacific as part of a regularly scheduled deployment.

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SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 31, 2018) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) sits pierside after pulling into Naval Base Guam. Carl Vinson Strike Group is currently operating in the Pacific as part of a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dylan M. Kinee) File# 180131-N-MT837-0013

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.