Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) makes her transit down the Elizabeth River from Naval Station Norfolk to Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) makes her transit down the Elizabeth River from Naval Station Norfolk to Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

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NORFOLK, Va. (Mar. 07, 2007) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) makes her transit down the Elizabeth River from Naval Station Norfolk to Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Roosevelt is undergoing a Planned Incremental Availability period for maintenance. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan Laird File# 070307-N-7241L-003

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.