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Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails as the ship pulls into the San Francisco Bay.
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SAN FRANCISCO (May. 27, 2012) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails as the ship pulls into the San Francisco Bay. Nimitz departed Naval Station Everett, Wash., for San Francisco on May 24 for a tiger cruise and to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jess Lewis) File# 120527-N-RX668-027
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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