Chief petty officer selectees from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), man the dunk tank at the ship�s picnic held on board Naval Station Everett.
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Everett, Wash. (Aug. 26, 2005) Chief petty officer selectees from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), man the dunk tank at the ships picnic held on board Naval Station Everett. Sponsored by Military Welfare and Recreation (MWR), the picnic gave Sailors a day to spend with their families playing games entering contests and listening to live music. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Eli j. Medellin File# 050826-N-6477M-005
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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