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A director signals to the next aircraft aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 21, 2009) A director signals to the next aircraft after a launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman is conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Daron Street) File# 090221-N-2844S-003
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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