Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 5 and MSRON-9 escort the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 5 and MSRON-9 escort the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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ARABIAN GULF (Mar. 25, 2011) Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 5 and MSRON-9 escort the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). (U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Structural Mechanic (Equipment) 2nd Class Thaddeus J. Hupp) File# 110325-N-4228H-001

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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