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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Command Master Chief Susan Whitman passes mail down the line as part of a chiefs mess mail call in the ship's hangar bay during a replenishment at sea.
Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) David Hubbard hands a piece of mail to Chief Yeoman Delmas Thomas during a chiefs mess mail call in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) assemble on the flight deck during a captain's call with Commanding Officer Capt. Patrick Hall.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Casey Nalley, the air boatswain aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), briefs Sailors before conducting a flight deck drill.
Sailors sort mail inside the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Vice Adm. Allen G. Meyers, commander of Naval Air Forces (CNAF), passes through sideboys aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
A plane captain carries tie-down chains across the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Sailors transport ordnance on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Air Boatswain, Chief Warrant Officer Refugio Garcia, supervises the recovery of aircraft aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Chief Legalman Karyn Sigurdsson hands a piece of mail to Master Chief Air Traffic Controller Kenneth Gentry during a chiefs mess mail call in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Summary
ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 28, 2012) Chief Legalman Karyn Sigurdsson hands a piece of mail to Master Chief Air Traffic Controller Kenneth Gentry during a chiefs mess mail call in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sean R. Hillier) File# 120128-N-VR587-068
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.