Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert tours the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).

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Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert tours the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Sep. 14, 2012) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert tours the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) to personally see the construction efforts of the newest class of nuclear-powered, super carrier while at the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Lawlor) File# 120914-N-WL435-159

Carriers

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.