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Gulf of Alaska (Jun. 03, 2004) An Aviation Boatswain's Mate caught in the middle of a cloud of steam, stands on one of four aircraft catapults aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), waiting for aircraft to prepare for launch. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are on a regularly scheduled deployment participating in exercise Northern Edge. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric File# 040603-N-9769P-055
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.