A Sailor aboard the Military Sealift Command fast-combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) prepares cargo to be airlifted on an MH-60S Seahawk.
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PERSIAN GULF (Jan. 06, 2008) A Sailor aboard the Military Sealift Command fast-combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) prepares cargo to be airlifted on an MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, to the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a vertical replenishment. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 are underway on a scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth R. Hendrix File# 080106-N-5758H-035
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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