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Capt. Alton E. Ross Jr. receives a soaking down as he returns to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 07, 2010) Capt. Alton E. Ross Jr. receives a soaking down as he returns to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) from his in-flight change of command ceremony in which he was relieved by Capt. John Eden as commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2. Abraham Lincoln is underway for a composite training unit exercise, which is designed to train the ship, embarked air wing and other units that make up the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to function as one effective fighting force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lex T. Wenberg) File# 100807-N-5749W-666
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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