The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) steams alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) during a fueling-at-sea.
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Apr. 27, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) steams alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) during a fueling-at-sea. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird File# 080427-N-7241L-019
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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