A crewmember assigned to USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) attaches a cargo sling to a MH-60S Knighthawk.

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A crewmember assigned to USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) attaches a cargo sling to a MH-60S Knighthawk.

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 26, 2004) A crewmember assigned to Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat stores ship USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) attaches a cargo sling to a MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the "Chargers" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Six (HC-6), Detachment 4, while conducting a vertical replenishment at sea with USS George Washington (CVN 73). The Norfolk, Va. based nuclear aircraft carrier Washington is on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Brien Aho. File# 040326-N-5319A-003

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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.