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Sailors participate in an overnight Out of the Darkness Walk, to recognize Suicide Prevention Awareness Month at Huntington Hall field in Newport News, Va.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Sep. 09, 2015) Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) participate in an overnight Out of the Darkness Walk, to recognize Suicide Prevention Awareness Month at Huntington Hall field in Newport News, Va. More than 300 Sailors participated in the walk, which went lasted from sunset Wednesday until sunrise Thursday, covering more than 50 miles to raise suicide prevention awareness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Derry Todd) File# 150909-N-IO284-086
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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