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Sailors move missiles from a NATO Sea Sparrow aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 16, 2017) Sailors move missiles from a NATO Sea Sparrow aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The ship and its carrier strike group are transiting home from a seven-month deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Darien Weigel) File# 170816-N-AJ467-204
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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