Damage Controlman 3rd Class Jerry Martinez, assigned to the engineering department of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), left,
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Mar. 21, 2012) Damage Controlman 3rd Class Jerry Martinez, assigned to the engineering department of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), left, gives an overview of a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to Mass Communication Specialist Benjamin Melvezzi and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Eric Shipper during a Mind, Body, Spirit symposium on the ship's auxiliary barge. Harry S. Truman is undergoing a docking planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard to conduct maintenance and refurbish shipboard systems. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary D. Montgomery) File# 120322-N-ZR940-004
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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