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An Aviation Boatswain's Mate stands by, as safety watch, while a F/A-18C Hornet prepares to be lifted to the flight deck.
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Pacific Ocean (Feb. 28, 2005) An Aviation Boatswain's Mate stands by, as safety watch, while a F/A-18C Hornet, assigned to the "Vigilantes" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151), prepares to be lifted to the flight deck by a deck edge elevator aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Lincoln and embarked Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are currently returning from a deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean and are enjoying a Tiger Cruise en route to San Diego, California. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class James R. McGury File# 050228-N-0499M-002
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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