Chief Quartermaster Jacob Lozano, assigned to the Navigation Department of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), monitors Hurricane Irene on a radar console on the bridge.
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 27, 2011) Chief Quartermaster Jacob Lozano, assigned to the Navigation Department of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), monitors Hurricane Irene on a radar console on the bridge during the height of the storm. Enterprise is moored at Norfolk Naval Shipyard during Irene for safety. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael L. Croft) File# 110827-N-NC372-003
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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