Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Dustin Garner salutes the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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SAN DIEGO (Mar. 30, 2015) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Dustin Garner, from Highland, Ill., salutes the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) from the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as John C. Stennis transits San Diego Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Nelson) File# 150330-N-WO404-165
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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