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Flight deck personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) prepare to launch an F/A-18 strike fighter.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 09, 2008) Flight deck personnel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) prepare to launch an F/A-18 strike fighter. Roosevelt is deployed as the lead ship of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird) File# 080909-N-7241L-067
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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