Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Dominique S. Holton, from Miami, Fla., prepares a high-pressure turbine to install into an F404-GE-400 jet engine.
Summary
SAN DIEGO (Oct. 14, 2010) Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Dominique S. Holton, from Miami, Fla., prepares a high-pressure turbine to install into an F404-GE-400 jet engine aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is preparing for a scheduled docking planned incremental availability in Bremerton, Wash. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Orrin Batiste) File# 101014-N-1276B-095
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.