Sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) patch a bursting water pipe during a wet trainer simulation held by Fremont Maritime Services.
Summary
FREMONT, Wash. (Jun. 11, 2009) Sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) patch a bursting water pipe during a wet trainer simulation held by Fremont Maritime Services. Lincoln is being overhauled in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Patrick M. Bonafede) File# 090611-N-1745W-013
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.