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Sailors from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) wait to depart the ship as family and friends gather at Pier 14, on board Naval Station Norfolk.
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Norfolk, Va. (Jul. 31, 2005) Sailors from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) wait to depart the ship as family and friends gather at Pier 14, on board Naval Station Norfolk. USS Carl Vinson is completing a deployment to the Persian Gulf and a homeport shift from Naval Station Bremerton, at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., to Norfolk, Va., where she is scheduled to undergo a 36-month Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at the Northrop Grumman Newport News Ship Yard. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Christopher Okula File# 050731-N-8720O-200
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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