A Sailor stands watch as phone talker in the hanger bay.
Summary
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 08, 2012) Seaman Joseph Brown from Lexington, Kent., stands watch as phone talker in the hanger bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10). John C. Stennis is returning to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility four months ahead of schedule to maintain combatant commander requirements and Navy assets in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Charlotte C. Oliver) File# 120908-N-HV737-244
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.