Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) cut a cake during a celebration commemorating the 18th anniversary of Stennis' commissioning.
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BREMERTON, Wash. (Dec. 09, 2013) Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Jennifer Clark, left, Command Master Chief Trenton Schimdt, Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Kari Sheldon, Commanding Officer Capt. Michael Wettlaufer and Culinary Specialist Seaman Andrea Sison, all assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), cut a cake during a celebration commemorating the 18th anniversary of Stennis' commissioning. Stennis is undergoing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability Maintenance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Incremental Maintenance Facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jose L. Hernandez) File# 131209-N-KD696-018
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.