Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Anthony Fadich, right, from Wenatachee, Wash., monitors the blood pressure of Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Dan Foster, from Hutchinson, Kan.,
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BREMERTON, Wash. (Oct. 02, 2009) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Anthony Fadich, right, from Wenatachee, Wash., monitors the blood pressure of Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Dan Foster, from Hutchinson, Kan., during his birth month recall appointment in the health services department aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is taking part in a continuous incremental availability in her homeport of Bremerton, Wash. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eboni Cameron) File# 091002-N-0096C-018
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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