Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition John Young, briefs reporters at the Pentagon
Summary
Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (Oct. 09, 2003) Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition John Young, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, on proposed changes to Navy maintenance schedules as they relate to the refueling of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). U.S. Navy photo by Robert D. Ward. File# 031009-D-9880W-102
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.