Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) man the rails as the ship transits San Diego Bay.
Summary
SAN DIEGO (Aug. 22, 2014) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) man the rails as the ship transits San Diego Bay. Carl Vinson departed her homeport for a scheduled 2014 Western Pacific Deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shantece Gonzalez) File# 140822-N-UW005-055
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.