The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) gets underway from the Newport News Shipyard in Newport News, Va.

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) gets underway from the Newport News Shipyard in Newport News, Va.

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Aug. 25, 2013) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) gets underway from the Newport News Shipyard in Newport News, Va. Theodore Roosevelt is underway for the first time in four years conducting sea trials following refueling complex overhaul. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Davis Anderson) File# 130825-N-HZ247-557

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.