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Sailors recover a dummy simulating a Sailor in the water during a man overboard drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72).
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Nov. 15, 2016) Sailors recover a dummy simulating a Sailor in the water during a man overboard drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72). Man overboard drills train Sailors to quickly recover personnel from the water in the event of an actual casualty. Lincoln is in the final stages of a four year Refueling and Complex Overhaul and will be delivered back to the fleet in early 2017. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron T. Kiser) File# 161115-N-IK431-072
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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