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Aviation Machinist Mates Airman Christopher Chappell and Timothy Flanagan inspect a 414 Bell Mouth aboard nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).

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Atlantic Ocean (Feb. 14, 2006) Aviation Machinist Mates Airman Christopher Chappell and Timothy Flanagan inspect a 414 Bell Mouth aboard nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is currently underway conducting routine carrier qualifications. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Josh Kinter File# 060214-N-7748K-001

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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.

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