Sailors and Marines watch from the flight deck as the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) passes underneath the Freedom Bridge during a transit of the Suez Canal.
Summary
SUEZ CANAL (Dec. 01, 2010) Sailors and Marines watch from the flight deck as the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) passes underneath the Freedom Bridge during a transit of the Suez Canal. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 3rd Class Nina Hughes) File# 101201-N-3705H-003
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.