Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 1st Class Pangtang Yang observes the fueling process during a replenishment-at-sea.
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RED SEA (Sep. 09, 2013) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) 1st Class Pangtang Yang observes the fueling process during a replenishment-at-sea between the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AKE 7), left, and the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG) 59 approaches Rainier's starboard side to begin replenishment. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eric M. Butler) File# 130909-N-UV347-189
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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