Sailors cut the cake with the command leadership during a cake-cutting ceremony celebrating Easter aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Apr. 01, 2018) Sailors cut the cake with the command leadership during a cake-cutting ceremony celebrating Easter aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The ship is underway conducting sustainment exercises to maintain carrier readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mario Coto) File# 180401-N-JC445-0009
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.