Aboard the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) fire controlmen work to off-load AIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow missiles from one of the ship's launchers.
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Atlantic Ocean (Dec. 10, 2006) Aboard the Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) fire controlmen work to off-load AIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow missiles from one of the ship's launchers. Roosevelt is currently maintaining qualifications as part of the fleet response plan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird File# 061210-N-7241L-001
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.
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