Sailors return to their family and friends after the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) returns to homeport at Naval Air Station North Island.

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Sailors return to their family and friends after the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) returns to homeport at Naval Air Station North Island.

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SAN DIEGO (Jun. 23, 2017) Sailors return to their family and friends after 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matt Brown) File# 170623-N-HD638-227

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.