Sailors places ordnance on a dolly for transport aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

Similar

U.S. Soldiers with the 331st Transportation Company,

A U.S. Marine attaches pull cords to aircraft parachute

U.S. Marine Col. Tye R. Wallace, commander of the 31st

Sailors places ordnance on a dolly for transport aboard

Personnel assigned to Joint Task Force-Bravo’s 1st

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Schroeder, senior

Sailors places ordnance on a dolly for transport aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

description

Summary

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sep. 02, 2011) Sailors places ordnance on a dolly for transport aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled western Pacific Ocean and Arabian Gulf deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley) File# 110902-N-BT887-338

Carriers

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.