A supply department Sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transports supplies on the flight deck.
Summary
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Apr. 29, 2015) A supply department Sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transports supplies on the flight deck while an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Sea Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 transfers cargo during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Theodore Roosevelt is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anna Van Nuys) File# 150429-N-GR120-145
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.