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U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, left, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers, center, and Col. Richard Johnson, right, render a salute.
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Norfolk, Va. (Aug. 01, 2005) U.S. Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, left, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers, center, and Col. Richard Johnson, right, render a salute during U.S. Joint Forces Command change of command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Giambastiani will succeed U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace as vice chairman later this summer. Prior Deputy Commander, Army Lt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner relieved Giambastiani as North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen File# 050801-F-0193C-004
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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