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Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, talks with Sailors from Strike Fighter Squadron Fifteen (VFA-15), aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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Persian Gulf (Jan. 30, 2006) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, talks with Sailors from Strike Fighter Squadron Fifteen (VFA-15), aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a tour of the ship. Theodore Roosevelts Strike Group is conducting coalition operations in the Persian Gulf. SECNAV is in the Middle East to see first-hand the conditions, morale, and equipment in use by Navy and Marine Corps personnel deployed to the region. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Craig P. Strawser File# 060130-N-2568S-173
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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