Sailors don proximity suits during a firefighting drill in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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Sailors don proximity suits during a firefighting drill in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 07, 2014) Sailors don proximity suits during a firefighting drill in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway conducting Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Vazquez) File# 140607-N-KB426-115

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.