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FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Dec. 03, 2007) An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to the "Gunslingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during flight operations. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are underway on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Matthew Bookwalter File# 071203-N-1688B-148
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.