Sailors secure an anchor for sea in the fo'c'sle aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (Jul. 02, 2016) Sailors secure an anchor for sea in the fo'c'sle aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is operating in the Atlantic Ocean as it returns from an 8-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adelola Tinubu) File# 160702-N-IG466-027
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.