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The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Parramatta cruises alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) .
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Persian Gulf (Nov. 11, 2005) The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Parramatta cruises alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) as it conducts flight operations in the Persian Gulf. Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation Steel Curtain, an offensive aimed at preventing cells of Al Qaeda from entering Iraq through the Syrian border. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Javier Capella File# 051111-N-0685C-003
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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