Naval Air Crewman 1st Class Kelvin Glienke, left, from Webb, Iowa, briefs Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. John Bird aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 09, 2009) Naval Air Crewman 1st Class Kelvin Glienke, left, from Webb, Iowa, briefs Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. John Bird aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) before a flight in an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Raptors" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71. Bird was aboard to observe an under sea warfare exercise involving the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman) File# 090209-N-6538W-300
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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