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Sailors watch as aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk.
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NORFOLK (Jul. 22, 2013) Sailors watch as aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departs its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk. Truman is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shannon M. Smith) File# 130722-N-BD629-038
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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