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USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) leads a group of 28 ships and submarines in formation at the end of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006.
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Pacific Ocean, Hawaii (Jul. 25, 2006) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) leads a group of 28 ships and submarines in formation at the end of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. Eight nations are participating in RIMPAC, the world's largest biennial maritime exercise. Conducted in the waters off Hawaii, RIMPAC brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rebecca J. Moat File# 060725-N-8629M-232
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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