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The U.S. Coast Guard Island-class Cutter Maui (WPB 1304) transits alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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PERSIAN GULF (Apr. 10, 2008) The U.S. Coast Guard Island-class Cutter Maui (WPB 1304) transits alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The Cutter Maui, originally homeported in Miami, Fla., is one of six U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats assigned to Patrol Forces Southwest Asia in Bahrain as part of Combined Task Force 158. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Steve Mavica File# 080410-N-0000O-001
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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