Sailors transfer simulated patients from an aircraft elevator to the hangar bay during a mass casualty drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Sea.
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ARABIAN SEA (Apr. 11, 2019) Sailors transfer simulated patients from an aircraft elevator to the hangar bay during a mass casualty drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Sea, April 11, 2019. John C. Stennis is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Grant G. Grady/Released) File# 190411-N-OM854-0176
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.