Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) move cases of water on board Abraham Lincoln during a supply onload.
Summary
NORFOLK (Sep. 07, 2017) Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) move cases of water on board Abraham Lincoln during a supply onload. Abraham Lincoln is moored in Norfolk after completing training while underway and stands ready to respond to the mission of the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick D. Maher) File# 170907-N-YF329-0032
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.