An M240-B machine gun rests on the flight deck during small arms qualification on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

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An M240-B machine gun rests on the flight deck during small arms qualification on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 09, 2008) An M240-B machine gun rests on the flight deck during small arms qualification on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is conducting combat system ships qualification trials off the coast of southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa) File# 081009-N-9928E-089

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.