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Sailors disembark the aircraft carrier George Washington (CVN 73).
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 22, 2011) Sailors disembark the aircraft carrier George Washington (CVN 73) following a nine-week patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. George Washington is the Navy's only full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier ensuring security and stability across the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Cyd M. Vargas) File# 111122-N-HF277-120
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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