A catapult crewmember communicates with flight deck personnel.
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At sea with USS Carl Vinson A catapult crewmember communicates by hand signals with flight deck personnel while preparing an aircraft to launch from one of four steam catapults on the ship's flight deck. Carl Vinson is currently underway off the Southern Coast of California conducting training in preparation for their next scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Chris M. Valdez. File# 021121-N-0905V-002
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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