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The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) conducts a refueling at sea with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 14, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) conducts a refueling at sea with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and Higgins are underway conducting a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. COMPTUEX tests a carrier strike group's mission-readiness and ability to perform as an integrated unit through simulated real-world scenarios. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex Perlman) File# 170814-N-GP724-298
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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