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Aviation Electronics Technician Fireman Mitchell Myatt, from Salem, Ore., left, and Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman Jacob Parks

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Aviation Electronics Technician Fireman Mitchell Myatt, from Salem, Ore., left, and Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman Jacob Parks

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jul. 14, 2011) Aviation Electronics Technician Fireman Mitchell Myatt, from Salem, Ore., left, and Aviation Electrician's Mate Airman Jacob Parks, from Van Buren, Ark., center, practice proper fire hose handling techniques aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a damage control training exercise. Abraham Lincoln is conducting training and qualification operations in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kirk Putnam) File# 110714-N-QN972-003

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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