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Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Donald C. Winter enters hangar bay two for the start of the Great White Fleet Ceremony aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 15, 2007) Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Donald C. Winter enters hangar bay two for the start of the Great White Fleet Ceremony aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Hundreds of guests gathered aboard the Norfolk, Va.-based aircraft carrier for a formal ceremony marking the centennial anniversary of the launching of the Great White Fleet. President Theodore Roosevelt sent 16 battleships and 14,000 Sailors on an around-the-world cruise to demonstrate the nation's emergence as a world power, Dec. 15, 1907. The ceremony was the first in a series of events to mark the landmark achievement. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder File# 071215-N-7571S-008
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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