Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) prepare to man the rails as the ship departs its homeport of San Diego.
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SAN DIEGO (Jan. 05, 2018) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) prepare to man the rails as the ship departs its homeport of San Diego. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is currently operating in the Pacific as part of a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michele Fink) File# 180105-N-IU965-0044
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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