Former President Jimmy Carter addresses Sailors and guests in the hangar bay during a visit aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
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CORONADO, Calif. (Feb. 22, 2013) Former President Jimmy Carter addresses Sailors and guests in the hangar bay during a visit aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carter, former first lady Rosalynn Carter and former Secretary of the Navy John Dalton visited Carl Vinson with more than 200 members of The Carter Center. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy A. Hazel) File# 130222-N-TZ605-552
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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