Sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) man the rails
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Norfolk, Va., (Dec. 05, 2002) Sailors aboard USS Mitscher (DDG 57) man the rails while dependents and friends look on in the rain and snow. The Mitscher is departing as part of the carrier battle group belong to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The battle group is departing on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Marthaellen L. Ball. File# 021205-N-9251B-005
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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