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Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) spell out
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Pacific Ocean (Jul. 25, 2006) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) spell out "RIMPAC 2006" on the flight deck during a photo exercise. To commemorate the last day of RIMPAC, participating country's naval vessels fell into ranks for a photo exercise. RIMPAC trains U.S. allied forces to be interoperable and ready for a wide range of potential combined operations and missions. Eight nations participated in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is currently underway on a scheduled Western Pacific deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman James R. Evans File# 060725-N-7981E-170
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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