Sailors assigned to V-2 Division of the air department of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) stand by to display the weights of aircraft being launched from one of four steam-powered catapults at dusk.

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Sailors assigned to V-2 Division of the air department of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) stand by to display the weights of aircraft being launched from one of four steam-powered catapults at dusk.

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 15, 2010) Sailors assigned to V-2 Division of the air department of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) stand by to display the weights of aircraft being launched from one of four steam-powered catapults at dusk. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting a three-week composite training unit exercise to be followed by a deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans) File# 101215-N-7981E-541

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.