Sailors load pallets of water into an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Ghost Riders of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 for delivery to Florida residents affected by Hurricane Irma.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 12, 2017) Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) load pallets of water into an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Ghost Riders of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 for delivery to Florida residents affected by Hurricane Irma. The Department of Defense is supporting Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Irma to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Josue Escobosa) File# 170912-N-CT127-0135
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.
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