Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails and give passing honors to the USS Midway Museum while pulling out of San Diego Bay for deployment.

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Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails and give passing honors to the USS Midway Museum while pulling out of San Diego Bay for deployment.

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SAN DIEGO (Jun. 05, 2017) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails and give passing honors to the USS Midway Museum while pulling out of San Diego Bay for deployment. June 5, 2017 marks the observance of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bill M. Sanders) File# 170605-N-TV230-455

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.