Sailors attend an Easter sunrise service in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Mediterranean Sea, April 21, 2019.
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Apr. 21, 2019) Sailors attend an Easter sunrise service in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Mediterranean Sea, April 21, 2019. John C. Stennis is underway in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group deployment in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Grant G. Grady/Released) File# 190421-N-OM854-0227
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.