Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Alec Griffith observes flight operations on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jul. 07, 2018) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Alec Griffith observes flight operations on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of an ongoing rotation of U.S. forces supporting maritime security operations in international waters around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas Gooley) File# 180707-N-EA818-0292
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.