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The wreath presented by the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) rests in the tomb of George Washington.
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MOUNT VERNON, Va. (Feb. 18, 2019) The wreath presented by the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) rests in the tomb of George Washington. Sailors aboard George Washington traveled to Mount Vernon to participate in the 287th Birthday Ceremony at Mount Vernon, Virginia. George Washington is undergoing refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding RCOH is a nearly four-year project performed only once during a carrier's 50-year service life that includes refueling of the ship's two nuclear reactors, as well as significant repair, upgrades and modernization. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Trey Hutcheson) File# 190218-N-VQ790-0112
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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