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Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Erik Marquez and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) James Bergerson fight a simulated aircraft fire aboard aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 15, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Erik Marquez, left, from Houston, Texas, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) James Bergerson, from Modesto, Calif., fight a simulated aircraft fire in hangar bay two aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis is in transit to Southern California to participate in fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Kevin Murphy) File# 090915-N-6538M-003
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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