Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Grandi Barkel from Western Park, Mont., prepares a syringe to immunize patients aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
Summary
The Arabian Gulf (May. 14, 2003) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Grandi Barkel from Western Park, Mont., prepares a syringe to immunize patients aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are deployed conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraqs weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Maebel Tinoko. File# 030514-N-2143T-001
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.