Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) man the rails prior to getting underway from Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
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Norfolk, Va. (Sep. 01, 2005) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) man the rails prior to getting underway from Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Nearly 7,500 Sailors from the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group deployed today in support of the Global War On Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Gregory A. Roberts File# 050901-N-3725R-044
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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