Seaman Spencer Rice sands the hull of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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Seaman Spencer Rice sands the hull of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

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CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 27, 2012) Seaman Spencer Rice sands the hull of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is currently pierside at Naval Air Station North Island for planned incremental availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Harbach) File# 121127-N-DD691-018

Carriers

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.