The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) pulls into Laem Chabang, Thailand, for a scheduled port visit.

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The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) pulls into Laem Chabang, Thailand, for a scheduled port visit.

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Laem Chabang, Thailand (Sep. 02, 2006) The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) pulls into Laem Chabang, Thailand, for a scheduled port visit. Kitty Hawk is on a three-month-long summer cruise from its homeport of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephen Rowe File# 060902-N-6106R-046

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.