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S-3B prepares for an arrested landing
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At sea with USS Carl Vinson A S-3B Viking assigned to the "Shamrocks" of Sea Control Squadron Four One (VS-41) prepares to make an arrested landing on the ships flight deck. VS-41 is stationed at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island, Calif., and is the training squadron for instructing aviators how to fly the S-3B Viking. Carl Vinson is underway off the west coast conducting training in preparation for an upcoming regularly scheduled six month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Jonathan M. Cirino. File# 021030-N-7267C-002
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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