A pair of HH-60H Seahawks helicopter assigned to the
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Pacific Ocean (May. 09, 2006) A pair of HH-60H Seahawks helicopter assigned to the "Golden Falcons" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2) land aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) at the day's completion of flight operations. Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW-2) are currently underway in the Western Pacific operating area. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman James R. Evans File# 060509-N-7981E-072
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.