Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman William Buck, from Virginia Beach, Va., mans the bow safety watch as an F/A-18 Hornet launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman William Buck, from Virginia Beach, Va., mans the bow safety watch as an F/A-18 Hornet launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman William Buck, from Virginia Beach, Va., mans the bow safety watch as an F/A-18 Hornet launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is conducting carrier qualifications for fleet replacement squadron pilots off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa) File# 091211-N-9928E-095

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.