Sailors man the rails as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) returns to homeport at Naval Air Station North Island.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 23, 2017) Sailors man the rails as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) returns to homeport at Naval Air Station North Island. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group completed a five-and-a-half-month deployment to the western Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano) File# 170623-N-BL637-015
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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