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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departs her homeport of Naval Station Everett.
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Everett, Wash (Sep. 08, 2005) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departs her homeport of Naval Station Everett. Lincoln is getting underway to conduct training operations as part of the quarterly training requirement to be ready for a possible immediate deployment under the Fleet Response Plan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Shaun D. McWhinney File# 050908-N-2115M-046
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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