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Deck Seamen spray down the anchor chain and anchor from the forecastle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) after getting underway from anchorage.
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Portsmouth, England (Apr. 10, 2005) Deck Seamen spray down the anchor chain and anchor from the forecastle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) after getting underway from anchorage at the conclusion of a six-day port visit to Portsmouth, England. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group was recently relieved after completing nearly four months in the Persian Gulf in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Greg Pierot File# 050410-N-7405P-021
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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