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Watchstanders conduct acoustic device countermeasure utilization training on the bridge of the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 07, 2018) Ensign David Desimone, right, off-going junior officer of the deck, trains Ensign J. P. Garcia Castro, second from right, and Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jacob W. Roeder, second from left, on proper acoustic device countermeasure utilization on the bridge of the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55). USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) cruiser-destroyer (CRUDES) units are completing the first East Coast CRUDES Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise. SWATT is led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and is designed to increase warfighting proficiency, lethality, and interoperability of participating units. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesse Marquez Magallanes) File# 181107-N-XT039-1035
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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