Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Karen Gonzalez moves an EA-18G Growler assigned to the
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May. 21, 2018) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Karen Gonzalez moves an EA-18G Growler assigned to the "Rooks" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137 in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman's support of Operation Inherent Resolve demonstrates the capability and flexibility of U.S. Naval Forces and their resolve to eliminate the terrorist group ISIS and the threat they pose. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaysee Lohmann) File# 180521-N-NQ487-0255
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.