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Sailors attached to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) heave line as the ship prepares to depart Naval Station Norfolk.
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NORFOLK (Nov. 02, 2018) Sailors attached to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) heave line as the ship prepares to depart Naval Station Norfolk. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Strike Group (CSG) cruiser-destroyer (CRUDES) units are participating in the Surface Warfare Advance Tactical Training (SWATT) event. SWATT is led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and is designed to increase warfighting proficiency, lethality and interoperability of participating units. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Rinner) File# 181102-N-RH019-0004
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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