Rear Adm. William R. Merz, commander of Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, receives a brief from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73
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PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 16, 2014) Rear Adm. William R. Merz, commander of Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, receives a brief from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 as he tours the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is underway conducting composite training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class George M. Bell) File# 140516-N-ZI635-138
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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