Sailors attend an all-hands call aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a hull-swap with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at Naval Air Station North Island.

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Sailors attend an all-hands call aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a hull-swap with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at Naval Air Station North Island.

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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 18, 2015) Sailors attend an all-hands call aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a hull-swap with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at Naval Air Station North Island. The force structure change allows George Washington to undergo its mid-life refueling complex overhaul and Ronald Reagan to support the security and stability of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel M. Young) File# 150818-N-NI474-103

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.