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An injured merchant sailor from the Liberian cargo ship
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 14, 2008) An injured merchant sailor from the Liberian cargo ship "Marie Rickmers" is loaded onto a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter after receiving basic medical attention aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Sailor was taken to Abraham Lincoln the previous night by a San Diego Coast Guard helicopter and medically stabilized before being flown to San Francisco for treatment. Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting training and carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Robert A. Robbins) File# 081214-N-5386R-046
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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