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Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton.
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NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON (Jun. 01, 2017) Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton. Nimitz got underway toward Naval Air Station North Island where they will join Carrier Air Wing 11, Destroyer Squadron 9 and the rest of Carrier Strike Group 11 to depart on a regularly scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Holly L. Herline) File# 170601-N-KR702-196
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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