Sailors assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) transport Motor Vessel Olympias crew members to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in a rigged hull inflatable boat (RHIB).
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Persian Gulf (May. 12, 2005) Sailors assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) transport Motor Vessel Olympias crew members to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in a rigged hull inflatable boat (RHIB). Mustin Sailors rescued 27 people from the Olympias after an engine-room fire engulfed the vessel. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed and is conducting operations in support of multi-national forces in Iraq and maritime security operations to help set the conditions for security and stability in the region. U.S. Navy photo by Airman U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Adan Fabela III File# 050512-N-7833F-011
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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