Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Matthew Colon, left, and Damage Controlman Fireman Donovan Jopling, lead a hose team.
Summary
ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 14, 2012) Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Matthew Colon, left, and Damage Controlman Fireman Donovan Jopling, lead a hose team as they combat a simulated fire in an aircraft elevator machinery room during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans) File# 120114-N-DR144-701
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.