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Sailors simulate extinguishing an aircraft fire during a drill on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
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NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash., (May. 17, 2019) Sailors simulate extinguishing an aircraft fire during a drill on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is conducting a docking planned incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility where the ship is receiving scheduled maintenance and upgrades. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Keenan Daniels/Released) File# 190517-N-VW723-0042
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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