Capt. Ted Williams, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), rides a transfer chair back from the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6).
Summary
NORTH ARABIAN SEA (Apr. 21, 2010) Capt. Ted Williams, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), rides a transfer chair back from the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6). The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed as part of an on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Kolmel) File# 100421-N-6935K-012
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.
