Command Master Chief Christopher Engles accepts the ceremonial flag during a burial at sea ceremony aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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May 13, 2006
Command Master Chief Christopher Engles accepts the ceremonial flag during a burial at sea ceremony aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt . The nuclear powered aircraft carrier is currently under way maintaining qualifications as part of the fleet response plan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Chris Thamann File# 060513-N-6410T-008
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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