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Sailors lower the National Ensign that was raised at Ground Zero during a 9/11 observance aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 11, 2017) Culinary Specialist 1st Class Tiffara Jones, left, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Daniel Kozlowski lower the national ensign that was raised at Ground Zero during a 9/11 observance in the fo'c'sle of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The National Ensign was raised at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and is now passed along to a different U.S. military command on the anniversary each year. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jordan Twiss) File# 170911-N-UU859-216
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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