The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) heads out to sea after departing Naval Air Station North Island.

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The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) heads out to sea after departing Naval Air Station North Island.

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CORONADO, Calif. (Aug. 21, 2008) The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) heads out to sea after departing Naval Air Station North Island. George Washington will replace the the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier operating from Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stephanie Tigner) File# 080821-N-4163T-004

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.