Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails before arriving at Naval Base Kitsap.
Summary
BREMERTON, WA. (Mar. 21, 2010) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails before arriving at Naval Base Kitsap. Nimitz and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 are in transit back to homeport in San Diego after an eight-month deployment to the Arabian Sea supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr.) File# 100321-N-3038W-085
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.
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