Two Sailors assigned to ships self defense force (SSDF) stand watch as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) gets underway from Naval Station Norfolk.

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Two Sailors assigned to ships self defense force (SSDF) stand watch as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) gets underway from Naval Station Norfolk.

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Norfolk, Va. (Sep. 20, 2006) Two Sailors assigned to ships self defense force (SSDF) stand watch as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) gets underway from Naval Station Norfolk. Roosevelt is currently underway maintaining qualifications as part of the fleet response plan. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Worner File# 060919-N-5576W-001

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.