Hull Technician 3rd Class Thomas Hickson from Marion, S.C., measures a piece of metal in the machine shop aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).
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Atlantic Ocean (Dec. 08, 2003) Hull Technician 3rd Class Thomas Hickson from Marion, S.C., measures a piece of metal in the machine shop aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va.-based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for their upcoming six-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Airman Joan Kretschmer. File# 031208-N-6278K-001
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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