Sailors aboard the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) fill containers with water in preparation to support those affected by Hurricane Irma.
Summary
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 11, 2017) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) fill containers with water in preparation to support those affected by Hurricane Irma. The Department of Defense is supporting Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Irma to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort. (U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 2nd Class Lauren D. Smith) File# 170911-N-NO839-0005
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.