Machinist's Mate 1st Class Joshua Schumaker and his daughter eat Christmas dinner aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
Summary
NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 25, 2012) Machinist's Mate 1st Class Joshua Schumaker and his daughter eat Christmas dinner aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is homeported in Norfolk, Va. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Lorelei R. Vander Griend) File# 121225-N-MU440-028
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.