Capt. Kent Whalen, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), addresses the ship's crew during an all-hands call in the hangar bay. Carl Vinson is pierside at Naval Air Station North Island.

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Capt. Kent Whalen, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), addresses the ship's crew during an all-hands call in the hangar bay. Carl Vinson is pierside at Naval Air Station North Island.

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SAN DIEGO (Sep. 03, 2013) Capt. Kent Whalen, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), addresses the ship's crew 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 Dean M. Cates) File# 130904-N-RG587-054

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.