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Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle Gahlau, right, photographs Aviation Ordnanceman (AO) 3rd Class John Tran, left, and AO3 Class Marquis Pinder as they run after attaching a cargo pennant to an MH-60S Seahawk aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 20, 2008) Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle Gahlau, right, of Conyers, Ga., photographs Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class John Tran, left, and Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Marquis Pinder as they run after attaching a cargo pennant to a Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 MH-60S Seahawk aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The ship is returning to the United States for decommissioning after 47 years of service and will be replaced by USS George Washington (CVN 73) this summer as the Navy's only carrier operating from Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anthony R. Martinez File# 080620-N-1038M-221
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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