Sailors participate in a human foosball game in the hangar bay during a fun day aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
Summary
ARABIAN SEA (Jul. 10, 2007) Sailors participate in a human foosball game in the hangar bay during a fun day aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Fun Days is sponsored by supply department's morale, welfare and recreation division. The day gives Sailors and Marines time to relax and have fun doing a variety of activities. Stennis is on a scheduled deployment in the 5th Fleet area of operations supporting ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of maritime operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kyle Steckler File# 070710-N-7780S-014
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.