Logistics Specialist Seaman Robert Lanzisera, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), pauses before resuming demolition of a house .
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NEW YORK (Jan. 26, 2013) Logistics Specialist Seaman Robert Lanzisera, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), pauses before resuming demolition of a house while volunteering with Friends of Firefighters as part of a community service project. Friends of Firefighters was established on September 11, 2001 to help active and retired firefighters in New York City. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Phylicia A. Sorenson) File# 130126-N-HB951-085
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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