Lt. Jerry Graven, a Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) officer, inspects cargo netting aboard the Nimitz- class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Summary
Naval Station North Island (Jan. 10, 2006) Lt. Jerry Graven, a Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) officer, inspects cargo netting aboard the Nimitz- class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln is at North Island for the purpose of a Board of Inspection and Survey. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice James R. Evans File# 060110-N-7981E-014
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.