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Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert poses for photos with Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).
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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 17, 2015) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert poses for photos with Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a barbecue sponsored by the Cooks from the Valley volunteer organization, at Naval Base Coronado. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is undergoing a planned incremental availability while Ronald Reagan and the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) crews conduct a hull swap. Ronald Reagan will relieve George Washington as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan, and George Washington will return to Newport News, Va., for a mid-life refueling complex overhaul. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class D'Andre L. Roden) File# 150817-N-FT110-087
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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