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Fire Controlman 3rd Class Chase Nau, from Denver, and Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Apprentice Sean Harris, from Chalmette, La., perform morning colors on the flight deck
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NORFOLK (Aug. 16, 2013) Fire Controlman 3rd Class Chase Nau, from Denver, and Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Apprentice Sean Harris, from Chalmette, La., perform morning colors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is in port at Naval Station Norfolk preparing for a scheduled docking planned incremental availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lauren Booher) File# 130816-N-MD211-023
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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