USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Commanding Officer Capt. Walter E. Carter Jr. (far left in foreground) walks with Rear Adm. David Architzel (2nd from left), Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers.

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USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Commanding Officer Capt. Walter E. Carter Jr. (far left in foreground) walks with Rear Adm. David Architzel (2nd from left), Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers.

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Newport News, Va. (Dec. 08, 2006) USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Commanding Officer Capt. Walter E. Carter Jr. (far left in foreground) walks with Rear Adm. David Architzel (2nd from left), Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers, in the dry dock area at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard as part of a tour to brief the ship's Quarterly Progress Report (QPR). USS Carl Vinson is currently undergoing its scheduled refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. The RCOH is an extensive yard period that all Nimitz-class aircraft carriers go through near the mid-point of their 50-year life cycle. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tekeshia Affa File# 061208-N-5951A-026

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.