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Seaman David Macken holds a life line during a replenishment at sea.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Mar. 13, 2009) Seaman David Macken holds a life line during a replenishment at sea aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are performing a sustainment exercise in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chelsea Kennedy) File# 090313-N-4995K-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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