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Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) wait for an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2011) Sailors aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) wait for an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to deliver supplies during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhardt (T-AKE 6). George Washington pulled out of her forward-operating port of Yokosuka, Japan Sept. 19 to continue her 2011 patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob D. Moore) File# 111119-N-AW206-003
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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