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Damage Controlman receive instruction during a simulated aircraft fire drill in the hanger bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) are casualties of a simulated explosion while a fire team fights a simulated fire.
Damage Controlman Fireman Calvin Tran from Anaheim, Calif., stows a self-contained breathing apparatus after inspecting it on board the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) take part in a simulated flight deck fire drill aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier Ranger (CV 61).
Damage Controlman 1st Class Kent Crouch instructs Sailors on proper firefighting techniques during a general quarters drill in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Damage Controlman Fireman Ashley Bruder fills a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Damage Controlman 1st Class Phillip Losier assigned to the engineering department damage control division, observes desmoking procedures during a firefighting drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Sailors fight a simulated fire during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Victor Arroyos, from San Antonio, fires the Navy's Dazzler on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to familiarize himself with the device.
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Damage Controlman 2nd Class Victor Smith, of Los Angeles, Calif., stands by for further instructions after firefighting simulations .
Summary
Pacific Ocean (Jun. 04, 2004) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Damage Controlman 2nd Class Victor Smith, of Los Angeles, Calif., stands by for further instructions after firefighting simulations during a general quarters drill. Lincoln spent ten and a half months in dry dock for the ships Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) and is currently conducting local operations in preparation for deployment next year. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements File# 040604-N-6817C-056
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.