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Sailors prepare an elastomeric bearing for painting in the airframe shop aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73.

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Sailors prepare an elastomeric bearing for painting in the airframe shop aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73.

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WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (May. 20, 2015) Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class James Flores and Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Darquis Thomas prepare an elastomeric bearing for painting in the airframe shop aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73.) George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, are on patrol in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. George Washington will conduct a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) later this year after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Riggs) File# 150520-N-YD641-009

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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