A Sailor assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) tosses a forward line to Sailors aboard the fast-attack submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769).
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Atlantic Ocean (Mar. 13, 2004) A Sailor assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) tosses a forward line to Sailors aboard the fast-attack submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769) during a small boat transfer evolution using a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB). Roosevelt is part of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and is currently taking part in a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), which is an intermediate level training exercise, designed to forge ships in the Kennedy CSG into a cohesive fighting team. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg. File# 040313-N-4374S-006
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.