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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) sits in dry dock 11 at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard.
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Newport News, Va. (Mar. 06, 2006) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) sits in dry dock 11 at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard painted red with primer due to ongoing preservation. Vinson is currently undergoing its scheduled refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will have her nuclear fuel replenished and will be upgraded with the latest technology enabling the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier to serve for another 25 years. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Hammond File# 060306-N-7227H-006
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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