Quartermaster Seaman Justin Daniel verifies a heading with an azimuth circle device aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69).
Summary
Atlantic Ocean (Oct. 04, 2006) Quartermaster Seaman Justin Daniel verifies a heading with an azimuth circle device aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Eisenhower is on its regularly scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO) and the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras File# 061004-N-0490C-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.