Sailors and Marines man-the-rails as amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) passes USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during its departure for a scheduled deployment.
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SAN DIEGO (Feb. 12, 2016) Sailors and Marines man-the-rails as amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) passes USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during its departure for a scheduled deployment. More than 4,500 Sailors and Marines from Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) departed San Diego today for a deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations. (U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eric C. Burgett) File# 160212-N-OF476-165
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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