Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Curran Gause, from Grand Forks, N.D., sprays down the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73)

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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Curran Gause, from Grand Forks, N.D., sprays down the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73)

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2011) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Curran Gause, from Grand Forks, N.D., sprays down the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a flight deck wash down. George Washington pulled out of her forward-operating port of Yokosuka, Japan Sept. 19 to continue her 2011 patrol. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Pittman) File# 111119-N-SF704-239

Carriers

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.