Sailors watch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as it gets underway from Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va.
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Portsmouth, Va. (Dec. 20, 2006) Sailors watch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as it gets underway from Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. Truman is currently underway conducting sea trials after spending nearly a year undergoing a Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson File# 061220-N-5345W-021
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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