Sailors secure pallets carrying supplies in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8).
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GULF OF OMAN (Nov. 27, 2013) Sailors secure pallets carrying supplies in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). Harry S. Truman, flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, supporting theater security cooperation efforts and supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Blagoj B. Petkovski) File# 131127-N-CC806-019
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.