Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier, USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), Fire Control Technician Second Class (FT2) Justin Bogges, applies non-skid paint to the deck supporting a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) mount. The KITTY HAWK is currently in port at Yokosuka, Japan, conducting repairs during a restricted availability period

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.