500-pound Guided Bomb Unit (GBU-12) assembly
Summary
At sea aboard USS Harry S. Truman Airman Apprentice Matthew Clouse cleans out the fuzzwell for a forward adapter of a 500-pound Guided Bomb Unit (GBU-12) during the assembly in the ships weapons magazine. Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are currently on a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Danny Ewing Jr. File# 030213-N-4953E-005
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.