Capt. Michael Manazir, prospective commanding officer for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), takes off in an F/A-18E Super Hornet.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 24, 2007) Capt. Michael Manazir, prospective commanding officer for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), takes off in an F/A-18E Super Hornet. Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 are currently underway conducting Joint Task Force Exercises off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeremiah Sholtis File# 070224-N-1205S-013
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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