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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 31, 2013) Line coaches Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Ryan Laplante, left, and Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Travis Smith look on as Fire Controlman 2nd Class Andrew Brooks fires an M240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Read Castillo) File# 130131-N-XE109-150
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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