Guests from Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States attend a reception hosted by U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Michael Wettlaufer
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MARSEILLE, France (Apr. 28, 2019) Guests from Algeria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States attend a reception hosted by U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Michael Wettlaufer, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in Marseille, France, April 28, 2019. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed in support of maritime security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nicolas Lopez/Released) File# 190428-N-VQ281-0001
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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