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Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet, speaks to Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) about the in-deck refueling stations on the ship's flight deck during a tour of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Feb. 22, 2019) Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet, speaks to Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) about the in-deck refueling stations on the ship's flight deck during a tour of the Navy's newest aircraft carrier. Lewis visited the ship to hear from Sailors and check on the ship's progress as it progresses through its post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Elliott) File# 190222-N-XS424-1064
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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