Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) conduct stretcher-bearer training in the hangar bay.
Summary
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Mar. 06, 2018) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) conduct stretcher-bearer training in the hangar bay. Dwight D. Eisenhower is undergoing a planned incremental availability (PIA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard during the maintenance phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan (OFRP). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Krista A. DaCosta) File# 180306-N-LA456-0006
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.