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Commanding Officer, USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Capt. Thomas Parker, right center, and Commanding Officer, Japan Defense Ship Shirane (DDH 143), Capt. Akira Aoki, left, participate in a traditional Japanese gift exchange at Yokosuka, Japan.
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Yokosuka, Japan (Dec. 21, 2004) Commanding Officer, USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Capt. Thomas Parker, right center, and Commanding Officer, Japan Defense Ship Shirane (DDH 143), Capt. Akira Aoki, left, participate in a traditional Japanese gift exchange at Yokosuka, Japan. The crew of the JDS Shirane presented two "Kadomatsu," which are traditional Japanese decorations of pine trees and bamboo, which are placed at the gates of houses and businesses during the New Year season. Kitty Hawk demonstrates power projection and sea control as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating from Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tommy Paul Umholtz File# 041221-N-6490U-003
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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