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Sailors relax while watching the Christmas movie
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Portsmouth, Va. (Dec. 17, 2006) Sailors relax while watching the Christmas movie "Elf" during movie night in Hangar Bay 2 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Truman is currently conducting a simulated five-day fast cruise while nearing the end of a Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) period at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Va. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arturo Chavez File# 061217-N-0336C-052
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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