Capt. Kent Whalen, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), speaks to Sailors during an all-hands call in the hangar bay.
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CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 13, 2013) Capt. Kent Whalen, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), speaks to Sailors during an all-hands call in the hangar bay. Carl Vinson is pierside at Naval Air Station North Island. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shantece Gonzalez) File# 131113-N-UW005-034
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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