Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Hunter Frady, from New Castle, Ind., tightens an arresting gear wire on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 21, 2014) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Hunter Frady, from New Castle, Ind., tightens an arresting gear wire on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz, along with Canadian, Japanese and other U.S. ships, is underway conducting a task group exercise to train units that will deploy independently. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelly M. Agee) File# 141022-N-AZ866-103
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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