Capt. Ryan Scholl, center, relieves Capt. Bob Roth as commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as Rear Adm. Victorino G. Mercado, commander of Carrier Strike Group Eight, looks on.
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PORTSMOUTH Va. (Feb. 05, 2015) Capt. Ryan Scholl, center, relieves Capt. Bob Roth as commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as Rear Adm. Victorino G. Mercado, commander of Carrier Strike Group Eight, looks on. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Justin R. Pacheco) File# 150205-N-NU281-034
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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