A RTM-7P NATO Sea Sparrow training missile is launched from Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

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A RTM-7P NATO Sea Sparrow training missile is launched from Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

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Pacific Ocean (Sep. 23, 2005) A RTM-7P NATO Sea Sparrow training missile is launched from Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Lincoln is returning to her homeport of Everett, Wash., following Quarterly Surge Sustainment Training with embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class James R. McGury File# 050923-N-0499M-024

Carriers

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.