
Sailors from the Military Sealift Command fast combat ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) prepares to attach supplies onto an HH-60H Seahawk during a replenishment-at-sea.
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ARABIAN SEA (May. 15, 2007) Sailors from the Military Sealift Command fast combat ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) prepares to attach supplies onto an HH-60H Seahawk during a replenishment-at-sea with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is on deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). MSO help set the conditions for security and stability, as well as aid counter-terrorism and security efforts to the regional nations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Josue Leopoldo Escobosa File# 070515-N-9928E-095
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.