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Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Christopher Dell passes a nitrogen bottle into the purifying unit aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Apr. 28, 2008) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Christopher Dell passes a nitrogen bottle into the purifying unit aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The nitrogen bottles are used to cool off the electrical system for ordnance on an F/A-18. Nimitz is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Wagner File# 080428-N-3038W-091
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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