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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class Jerry Pitts, from Santa Maria, Calif., directs a U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 helicopter for launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 15, 2008) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class Jerry Pitts, from Santa Maria, Calif., directs a U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 helicopter for launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The helicopter participated in the evacuation of an injured merchant Sailor to Abraham Lincoln. The sailor was medically stabilized and flown to San Francisco for treatment. Lincoln is underway conducting training and carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans) File# 081215-N-7981E-363
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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