The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits San Diego Harbor on her way out of port.

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The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits San Diego Harbor on her way out of port.

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SAN DIEGO (Nov. 03, 2014) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits San Diego Harbor on her way out of port. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jonathan Nelson) File# 141103-N-WO404-046

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.