Japanese media document the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a port visit to Sasebo.

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Japanese media document the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a port visit to Sasebo.

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SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 11, 2008) Japanese media document the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a port visit to Sasebo. Nimitz is assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet, operating in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. The 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed fleets with approximately 50 ships, 120 aircraft and 20,000 Sailors and Marines. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eduardo Zaragoza File# 080211-N-9760Z-089

Carriers

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.