Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Asia Howard, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), interacts with a local resident
Summary
DA NANG, Vietnam (Mar. 07, 2018) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Asia Howard, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), interacts with a local resident during a community service event at a local center for youth in Da Nang, Vietnam. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is operating in the western Pacific as part of a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michele Fink) File# 180307-N-IU965-0313
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.