Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) sits pierside in Pearl Harbor.
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sep. 22, 2007) Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) sits pierside in Pearl Harbor. Nimitz Strike Group and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 are returning home after a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel P. Lapierre File# 070922-N-3349L-098
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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