A Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB), returns to the guided missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) after completing a Maritime Interception Operation (MIO) of a small dhow.
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Arabian Gulf (Oct. 30, 2004) A Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) returns to the guided missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69), after completing a Maritime Interception Operation (MIO) of a small wooden dhow. Vicksburg is part of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Carrier Strike Group and is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Michael Sandberg File# 041030-N-4374S-004
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.