Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), medical staff check vital signs of an injured Haitian man aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 16, 2010) Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), medical staff check vital signs of an injured Haitian man aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are providing humanitarian and disaster relief operations under Operation Unified Response, following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael C. Barton) File# 100116-N-8878B-025
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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