Line handlers receive mooring lines from USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship arrives at Naval Air Station North Island.
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San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2004) Line handlers receive mooring lines from USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship arrives at Naval Air Station North Island. Carl Vinson stopped in San Diego to pick up her air wing personnel before conducting carrier qualifications and training with Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) and units assigned to the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas. File# 040115-N-6213R-006
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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