Sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails as the carrier arrives in her homeport at Naval Air Station North Island.
Summary
NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (Mar. 26, 2010) Sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) man the rails as the carrier arrives in her homeport at Naval Air Station North Island after an eight month deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Oliver Cole) File# 100326-N-9132C-217
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.
