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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class Jackie Velasco briefs Sailors following a barricade drill aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 02, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class Jackie Velasco, from Los Angeles, center, briefs Sailors assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 following a barricade drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob D. Moore) File# 110702-N-AW206-041
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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