Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) fold the national ensign as the aircraft carrier departs Naval Station Norfolk.

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Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) fold the national ensign as the aircraft carrier departs Naval Station Norfolk.

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NORFOLK (Jan. 13, 2011) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) fold the national ensign as the aircraft carrier departs Naval Station Norfolk. Enterprise is deployed as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jared M. King) File# 110113-N-0569K-044

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.