Navy Chaplain Lt. Joe Coffey, of Philadelphia, Pa., delivers the Catholic Easter communion service on the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).

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Navy Chaplain Lt. Joe Coffey, of Philadelphia, Pa., delivers the Catholic Easter communion service on the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).

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Arabian Gulf (Apr. 11, 2004) Navy Chaplain Lt. Joe Coffey, of Philadelphia, Pa., delivers the Catholic Easter communion service on the flight deck aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73). Chaplain Coffey was recently selected as Navy Chaplain of the Year for 2003. The Norfolk, Va. based nuclear powered aircraft carrier is on a scheduled deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Michael D. Blackwell II. File# 040411-N-1045B-072

Carriers

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.