USS Carl Winson - Communication At Sea
Summary
At sea aboard USS Carl Vinson (Oct. 24, 2001) A USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Signalman communicates with contemporaries on board the guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) using a signal lamp. Carl Vinson is conducting missions in support of operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Inez Lawson. File# 011024-N-7265L-003
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.